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MILEAGE RATIONING: 
GASOLINE 
REGULATIONS 


Ration Order No. 5 C 


Title 32—NATIONAL DEFENSE 
Chapter XI—OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION 


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NOVI 31942 


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WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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RATION ORDER NO. 5C 

MILEAGE RATIONING: GASOLINE REGULATIONS 

Preamble.—The Office of Price Administration has been directed 
by the Rubber Director to carry out the recommendations contained 
in the report of the President’s Special Committee to Study the Rub¬ 
ber Situation. 

The Committee stated: “We are faced with certainties as to de¬ 
mands : with grave insecurity as to supply. Therefore, this Commit¬ 
tee conceives its first duty to be the maintenance of a rubber reserve 
that will keep our armed forces fighting and our essential civilian 
wheels turning. This can best be done by ‘bulling through’ the pres¬ 
ent synthetic program and by safeguarding jealously every ounce of 
rubber in the country.” 

The recommendations of the Committee include: 

“1. Immediate institution of a tire replacement and recapping pro¬ 
gram with the allocation of reclaimed rubber for that purpose. 

“2. Nation-wide gasoline rationing to hold the average annual mile¬ 
age to 5,000 miles * * * 

“3. Prompt and strict enforcement of a Nation-wide speed limit not 
exceeding thirty-five miles an hour * * * 

“4. Compulsory periodic tire inspection.” 

This Ration Order No.*5C has been adopted pursuant to the di¬ 
rection of the Rubber Director to complement the Mileage Rationing: 
Tire Regulations (Ration Order No. 1A). Wear and destruction of 
tires now in use must be reduced by curtailing the national average 
automobile mileage to a maximum of 5,000 miles per year. To accom¬ 
plish this purpose, the Committee recommended: 

“That a new rationing system of gasoline be devised, based on this 
5,000 miles a year to save tires. 

“That the restrictions as to gasoline and mileage be national in their 
application.” 


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The Committee said: “Gas rationing is the only way of saving rub¬ 
ber. Every way of avoiding this method was explored but it was 
found to be inescapable. This must be kept in mind: The limitation 
in the use of gasoline is not due to shortage of that commodity—it is 
wholly a measure of rubber saving. That is why the restriction is to 
be Nation-wide. Any localized measure would be unfair and futile.” 

The Mileage Rationing: Gasoline Regulations (Ration Order No. 
5C) control the use and acquisition of gasoline as a means to con¬ 
serve rubber and to maintain our transportation system. To safe¬ 
guard against violation of the fundamental scheme, control is ex¬ 
tended to gasoline generally, whether or not for motor vehicles. 

Control over commercial motor vehicle mileage is shared jointly 
by the Office of Defense Transportation and the Office of Price Ad¬ 
ministration. The mileage to be driven by, and accordingly the 
amount of wear of tires used on, trucks, busses, taxis, and other like 
vehicles used for transporting property or available for hire or rental 
will be determined by the Office of Defense Transportation, and evi¬ 
denced by Certificates of War Necessity setting forth the maximum 
mileage and gasoline gallonage allowed for the vehicles operated. On 
the basis of such Certificates, local War Price and Rationing Boards . 
will issue Transport rations, filling the requirements of such vehicles 
up to the maximum fixed by the Certificate. 

The Office of Price Administration, through its local War Price and 
Rationing Boards, will regulate the use and allowable mileage of 
passenger automobiles. All passenger automobiles, with certain excep¬ 
tions, will receive a small, Basic, mileage allowance, in order, primarily, 
to prevent casting all persons normally using such facilities on to pub¬ 
lic transportation systems not equipped to handle tremendously in¬ 
creased loads. The private passenger automobile is, in this sense, an 
integral and indispensable part of the Nation’s system of transporta¬ 
tion. 

Above this Basic ration, mileage will be allowed for occupational 
uses of the vehicle. But this supplemental allowance is strictly tailored 
in accordance with need. Moreover, carrying out the program of the 
Committee that essential driving be given first place, a maximum al¬ 
lowance of 470 miles per month is placed upon the occupational use 
of vehicles. The list of those users who may be allowed mileage 
above this maximum is limited to those who use their vehicles for 
purposes essential to the war effort or to the civilian economy. 

Certain exceptional, non-occupational, necessary motor vehicle uses, 
such as the procuring of food and supplies, or medical care are recog¬ 
nized and Special rations are allowed for such purposes. Further, 


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since the desire for conservation of gasoline is not the chief factor 
motivating these Regulations, gasoline rations for purposes not involv¬ 
ing wear of rubber tires are given virtually without restriction, to meet 
the demonstrated requirements of the user. 

However, passenger car rations are not issued unless the applicant 
has disposed of all idle tires which he owns, so that they may be 
available to meet the present needs of others. No one should be per¬ 
mitted to withhold an idle tire from use when that tire may be neces¬ 
sary to avoid deprivation of another’s transportation. There should 
be no tires which are not either in use, immediately available for use, 
or in process of being made usable. 

Finally, in order more effectively to serve the end desired, the al¬ 
lowance of gasoline for motor vehicle use is made dependent, as is the 
issuance of tires, upon use of the vehicle in a manner best calculated to 
conserve its tires. Thus, periodic tire inspections, observance of a 35 
mile per hour maximum speed limit, and avoidance of abuse and neglect 
of tires, are made prerequisite to continuance of any ration issued. 

By these means and through control of the motive power of rubber¬ 
using vehicles, the vital rubber supply of this country will be utilized 
for purposes most essential to the public welfare, and will be made to 
last, if possible, beyond the period of critical shortage. There is, of 
course, no assurance that the rubber supply situation in the future will 
not require further curtailment and enforce conservation of tire use. 
To a great extent, this will depend upon whether the driving public 
will alter and restrict its driving habits, and conserve to the utmost 
extent the tires now in use. The Committee said: 

“Let there be no doubt that only actual needs, not fancied wants, 
can, or should, be satisfied. To dissipate our stocks of rubber is to 
destroy one of our chief weapons of war. We have the choice I 
“Discomfort or defeat. There is no middle course.” 

Accordingly, pursuant to the authority vested in me by War Pro¬ 
duction Board Directive No. 1, issued January 24,1942, and by Supple¬ 
mentary Directive No. 1—, issued October —, 1912, 

It is hereby ordered , That: 


TABLE OF CONTENTS 

SCOPE OF RATION ORDER NO. 5C 

Section Page 

1394.7501 Territorial Limitations_ 1 

1394.7502 Scope of Restrictions_ 1 

1394.7503 Effect on Ration Order No. 5C on Outstanding Rations_ 1 

1394.7504 Effect of Ration Order No. 1A_ 2 

DEFINITIONS 

1394.7551 Definitions_ 2 

ADMINISTRATION, PERSONNEL AND JURISDICTION 

1394.7601 Personnel_ 7 

1394.7602 Jurisdiction of Boards over Issuance of Rations_ 8 

1394.7603 Action on Applications_ T _ 9 

1394.7604 Records of Applications_ 9 

BASIC RATIONS 

1394.7651 Basic Rations_ 10 

1394.7652 Basic Ration Books_ 10 

1394.7Q53 Application for and Issuance of Basic Rations_ 10 

SUPPLEMENTAL RATIONS 

1394.7701 Supplemental Rations. __ 12 

1394.7702 Passenger Automobiles or Motorcycles for which Supple¬ 

mental Rations may not be issued_ 13 

1394.7703 Application for Supplemental Rations_ 13 

1394.7704 Allowance of Mileage_ 14 

1394.7705 Issuance of Supplemental Rations_ 16 

1394.7706 Preferred Mileage_ 18 

OFFICIAL AND FLEET RATIONS (For Official and Fleet 
Passenger Automobiles and Motorcycles) 

1394.7751 Official and Fleet Rations for Passenger Automobiles and 

Motorcycles_ 23 

1394.7752 Persons Entitled to Official and Fleet Rations_ 23 

1394.7753 Applications for Official and Fleet Rations_ 24 

1394.7754 Allowance of Mileage_ 24 

1394.7755 Issuance of Official and Fleet Rations_ 25 

1394.7756 Interchangeable Official or Fleet Ration Books_ 27 

1394.7757 Issuance of Rations for Use with Vehicles Operated onDealer 

Plates_ 27 


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VII 

TRANSPORT RATIONS 

Section Page 

1394.7801 Transport Rations_ 28 

1394.7802 Persons Entitled to Transport Rations_ 28 

1394.7803 Transport Ration Books_ 29 

1394.7804 Application for Transport Rations_ 29 

1394.7805 Issuance of Transport Rations_ 30 

1394.7806 Transport Ration for Equipment Mounted on Commercial 

Motor Vehicles_ 31 

1394.7807 Interchangeable Transport Ration Books..... 31 

1394.7808 Temporary Transport Rations_ 32 

SPECIAL RATIONS 

1394.7851 Application for Special Ration_ 33 

1394.7852 Form and Issuance of Special Rations_ 35 

NON-HIGHWAY RATIONS 

1394.7901 Persons Entitled to Non-Highway Rations_ 35 

1394.7902 Non-Highway Ration Books_ 36 

1394.7903 Application for Non-Highway Rations_ 36 

1394.7904 Issuance of Non-Highway Rations_ 36 

ISSUANCE OF COUPON BOOKS AND ACKNOWLEDG¬ 
MENTS OF DELIVERY BY THE OFFICE OF PRICE 
ADMINISTRATION, WASHINGTON, D. C. 

1394.7951 Issuance of Ration Books by the Office of Price Administra¬ 

tion_ 37 

1394.7952 Acknowledgments of Delivery_ 38 

GENERAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO ISSUANCE 
OF RATIONS AND TIRE INSPECTION RECORDS 

1394.8001 Appearances before Boards--— 39 

1394.8002 Presentation of Registration Card. 39 

1394.8003 Notation on Registration Card.. 39 

1394.8004 Notation on Ration Books, Applications and Coupons- 40 

1394.8005 Change of Motor Vehicle Registration Number- 41 

1394.8006 Authorization of Bulk Purchase.. 42 

1394.8007 Lost or Destroyed Coupons or Coupon Books. 42 

1394.8008 Disposition of Lost Coupon Books-- 43 

1394.8009 Issuance of Tire Inspection Records- 43 

1394.8010 Presentation of Tire Inspection Records and Records Required 

to be Maintained by Office of Defense Transportation- 45 

1394.8011 Denial of Rations- 45 

1394.8012 Earliest Effective Date of Rations----- 46 

1394.8013 Consumer Declaration of Gasoline on Hand.. 46 































VIII 


RENEWAL OF RATIONS AND ISSUANCE OF FURTHER 

RATIONS 

Section P a g° 

1394.8051 Renewal of Rations_ 46 

1394.8052 Issuance of Further Ration for Use Prior to Expiration Date 

of Current Ration_ 47 

1394.8053 Special Cases_ 48 

1394.8054 General Provisions.-.._ 48 

EXPIRATION, REVOCATION AND REDETERMINATION 
OF RATIONS 

1394.8101 Surrender of Expired Coupons._ 49 

1394.8102 Expiration of Rations_ 49 

1394.8103 Expiration of Rations upon Cessation of Use, Change in 

Ownership, Revocation of Certificates of War Necessity— 49 

1394.8104 Coupon Books Property of Office of Price Administration; 

Summary Revocation___ 50 

1394.8105 Revocation of Ration after Hearing_ 51 

1394.8106 Effective Period of Order Revoking Ration_ 53 

1394.8107 Restoration of Revoked Rations upon Application_ 53 

1394.8108 Presentation of Registration Card upon Revocation of Ration 

and Notations Thereon_ 53 

1394.8109 Authority of Regional Administrators, State Directors and 

District Managers to Suspend and Revoke Rations and 
Require the Surrender of Coupon Books and Coupons_ 53 

1394.8110 Redetermination of Rations Other Than Basic and Trans¬ 

port Rations in Connection with Applications for Tires, 

Tubes or Recapping Service_ 55 

GENERAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSFER 

AND USE 

Restrictions on Transfer 

1394.8151 Restriction on Transfer to Consumers_ 56 

1394.8152 Transfers to Consumers_ 56 

1394.8153 Transfers to Consumers in Exchange for Coupons_ 56 

1394.8154 Transfers in Exchange for Acknowledgment of Delivery_ 58 

1394.8155 Transfers for Export_ 58 

1394.8156 Emergency Transfers__..._ 59 

1394.8157 Transfer of Vehicle, Boat or Equipment_ 60 

1394.8158 Transfer of Consumer Establishments: Transfer by Operation 

of Law_ 61 

1394.8159 Rights of Parties to Contracts for Transfer of Gasoline_ 61 

1394.8160 Signature on Coupon Books_ 61 

Prohibited Acts 

1394.8161 General Restrictions on Use_ 62 

1394.8162 Change of Occupation of Ration Holder_ 62 



























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8ection Pago 

1394.8163 Restrictions on Use of Rations or Gasoline for Racing or 

Exhibition Purposes_ 63 

1394.8164 Restrictions on Use of Rations or Gasoline for Sightseeing 

Purposes_ 63 

1394.8165 Display of Stickers_ 63 

1394.8166 Restrictions on Blending of Gasoline__ 63 

1394.8167 Restrictions on Consumption of Gasoline__ 63 

1894.8168 Transfers from Fuel Tank to Fuel Tank of Vehicles and Boats 

Forbidden_ 64 

1394.8169 Discrimination by Dealers and Distributors_ 64 

1394.8170 Mileage Limitations__ 65 

1394.8171 Limitation on Speed_ 65 

1394.8172 Tire Certification, Inspection and Surrender of Excess Tires. _ 65 

1394.8173 Use in Violation of Ration Order 1A_ 65 

1394.8174 Tires Unlawfully Acquired__ 66 

1394.8175 Abuse or Neglect of Tires_ 66 

1394.8176 Offers, Solicitations, Attempts or Agreements_ 66 

1394.8177 Rations not Transferable_ 66 

1394.8178 Mutilation, Destruction, or Counterfeiting of Coupon Books 

or Certificates_ 66 

1394.8179 Compliance With ODT Orders_ 67 

1394.8180 Applicability of Order to Rations Issued under Ration Order 

No. 5A__ 67 

1394.8181 False Statements_ 67 

REPLENISHMENT AND AUDIT 
Registration of Place of Business 

1394.8201 Registration of Inventory and Capacity- 67 

1394.8202 What Constitutes Gasoline on Hand- 69 

1394.8203 What Constitutes Gasoline Storage Capacity- 69 

1394.8204 Issuance of Registration Certificates- 69 

1394.8205 Issuance of Inventory Coupons- 69 

1394.8206 Restriction on Use of Inventory Coupons.-- 70 

Restrictions on Transfers Between Dealers and Distributors 

1394.8207 Restriction on Transfers--- 70 

1394.8208 Same; Other Applicable Provisions- 70 

1394.8209 Absentee Deliveries; Third Party Deliveries.-- 71 

1394.8210 Upstream Transfers--- 71 

1394.8211 Preservation of Coupons; Coupon Sheets-.-- 72 

1394.8212 Preservation of Acknowledgments; Summaries of Acknowl¬ 

edgments_ 72 

1394.8213 Summary of Coupons.. 73 

1394.8214 Exchange of Coupons for Certificates... 73 

1394.8215 Transfer and Surrender of Expired Coupons.. ' 74 

1394.8216 Certification of Shortages- 75 


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Records and Audits 

Section Page 

1394.8217 Records to be Kept by Dealers and Intermediate Distributors._ 75 

1394.8218 Reports by Licensed Distributors_,_ 75 

1394.8219 Audit by State Motor Fuel Tax Administration_ 76 

New Registrations 

1394.8220 Registration of New or Reopened Place of Business_ 77 

1394.8221 Cessation of Business___ 77 

1394.8222 Acquisition of Place of Business from Licensed Distributor_ 77 

1394.8223 Acquisition of Dealer’s or Intermediate Distributor’s Place 

of Business._____•_ 78 

1394.8224 Surrender or Revocation of License of Licensed Distributor— 78 

1394.8225 Newly Licensed Distributor_ 79 

1394.8226 Change of Storage Capacity_ 79 

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Inspections 

1394.8227 Inspection of Records and Facilities.__ 79 

ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS 

1394.8251 Adjustments of Errors made by Registrars__ 80 

1394.8252 Appeals from Decisions of Boards_ 81 

ENFORCEMENT 

1394.8301 Criminal Prosecutions_ 81 

1394.8302 Suspension Orders_ 81 

EFFECTIVE DATES 

1394.8351 Effective Dates_ 81 


Authority: §§ 1394.7501 to 1394.8351, inclusive, issued pursuant to Pub. 
No. 671, 76th Cong., 3rd Sess., as amended by Pub. No. 89, 77th Cong., 1st Sess., 
and by Pub. No. 507, 77th Cong., 2nd Sess., Pub. No. 421, 77th Cong., 2nd Sess., 

WPB Directive No. 1, issued January 24, 1942, Supp. Directive No. 1_, 

issued October 1942; Executive Order 9125, 7 F. R. 2719 issued April 7, 1942. 















SCOPE OF RATION ORDER NO. 5C 


Section 1394.7501 Territorial Limitations.—Except as otherwise 
expressly provided all of the provisions of Ration Order No. 5C shall 
apply to the entire area included within the continental limits of the 
United States. 

Section 1394.7502 Scope of Restrictions.—Nothing in Ration 
Order No. 5C shall be construed to: 

(a) Limit the quantity of gasoline which may be acquired by or 
for the account of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, 
War Shipping Administration, or Maritime Commission of the United 
States. 

(b) Limit the quantity of gasoline which may be acquired by any 
person, for export to and consumption or use in any foreign country. 

(c) Affect or apply to any transfer of gasoline between the agencies 
named in paragraph (a) hereof. 

Section 1394.7503 Effect of Ration Order No. 5C on Outstand¬ 
ing Rations.—(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of 
this section and Section 1394.8180 no provision of Ration Order No. 
5C shall affect the validity or valid period of any ration issued pur¬ 
suant to Ration Order No. 5A: Provided , That, after November 21, 
1942, no ration issued pursuant to Ration Order No. 5A shall be 
renewed except pursuant to the provisions of Ration Order No. 5C. 

(b) All rations represented by Class S coupons issued pursuant 
to Ration Order No. 5A, and all Service rations issued pursuant to 
Ration Order No. 5A whether represented by S coupons or bulk 
coupons, and rations issued pursuant to Ration Order No. 5A to lessees 
of vehicles and boats available for public rental shall expire at 12:01 
a. m., November 22, 1942, and the coupons representing such rations 
shall be void, after November 21, 1942, and shall within five (5) days 
be surrendered to the issuing Board. 

(c) No ration issued pursuant to Ration Order No. 5A may be 
used for a purpose prohibited by the provisions of Ration Order No. 
5A or Ration Order No. 5C. All Rations issued pursuant to Ration 
Order No. 5A shall be subject to modification, revocation and redeter¬ 
mination pursuant to the provisions of Ration Order No. 5C. 

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Section 1394.7504 Effect on Ration Order No. 1A.—No allot¬ 
ment of gasoline issued pursuant to Ration Order No. 5C for use with 
a motor vehicle shall be construed to authorize such use where it would 
be in violation of Ration Order No. 1A or to remove or avoid any 
disqualification of such vehicle under Ration Order No. 1A which 
would otherwise result from such use. 

DEFINITIONS 

Section 1394.7551 Definitions.— (a) When used in Ration Order 
No. 5C: 

(1) “Board” means a War Price and Rationing Board established 
by the Office of Price Administration, or a Plant Area Board or 
other Board established by the Office of Price Administration and 
designated by such Office to serve the workers in specified industrial 
or extractive establishments. 

(2) “Bulk Coupon” means any gasoline ration coupon on the face 
of which the word “bulk” has been printed by authority of the Office 
of Price Administration. 

(3) “Bulk Transfer” means any transfer of gasoline other than: 

(i) into the fuel tank of a registered or commercial motor vehicle, 

a motor vehicle held by a motor vehicle dealer for sale or resale, a 
motor vehicle operated on dealer or other interchangeable license 
plates; or (ii) into the fuel supply tank of machinery or equipment 
mounted on a commercial motor vehicle. 

(4) ' “Certificate of War Necessity” or “Certificate” means a certifi¬ 
cate issued by the Office of Defense Transportation pursuant to 
General Order ODT No. 21. 

(5) “Commercial motor vehicle” means (i) a straight truck; a com¬ 
bination truck-tractor and semi-trailer, a combination truck-tractor 
and full trailer, or a combination truck-tractor, semi-trailer and full 
trailer; or any other rubber-tired motor vehicle (other than a motor¬ 
cycle) built (or rebuilt) primarily for the purpose of transporting 
property; and (ii) any of the following motor vehicles used in the 
transportation of persons upon the highways: any bus; any ambulance 
or hearse; any taxicab or jitney; any motor vehicle (other than a 
motorcycle) available for public rental j any station wagon or suburban 
carry-all available for hire or public rental; and any other motor 
vehicle other than a passenger automobile or motorcycle. 

(6) “Consumer” means any person acquiring gasoline for use, in¬ 
cluding use as a component part of any manufactured article, mate¬ 
rial, or compound other than gasoline. The term includes dealers 


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and distributors to the extent that they use gasoline, or acquire gaso¬ 
line for use rather than for transfer. 

(7) “Dealer” means any person, except a distributor, who oper¬ 
ates a service station, filling station, garage, store, or other place of 
business at which gasoline is transferred directly to consumers in 
the regular course of business. The term also includes any person, 
other than a distributor, operating a tank truck or tank wagon for 
transfer of gasoline directly to consumers, who does not also maintain 
stationary gasoline storage tanks. All such persons shall be deemed 
to be dealers as to each such place of business. 

(8) “Distributor” means an intermediate distributor, a licensed 
distributor, or both. 

(9) “Equipment,” when used in Sections 1394.7653 (c), 1394.7705 
(d), 1394.7753, 1394.7755 (d), 1394.8009 (b) (c) and 1394.8172, means 
any conveyance, other than a motor vehicle, which is designed for and 
capable of operation on one or more wheels and any machinery in the 
operation of which wheels, with mounted tires, are used. 

(10) “Evidence” means a token authorized by the Office of Price 
Administration to represent a right to receive a transfer of gasoline 
and exchangeable for such gasoline. The term shall include coupons, 
acknowledgments of delivery, inventory coupons, exchange certifi¬ 
cates on Form OPA R-548 issued by a Board in return for other 
evidences received, and export certificates on Form OPA R-560. 

(11) “Fleet,” as applied to a passenger automobile or motorcycle, 
means that such vehicle is one of three or more passenger automobiles 
or three or more motorcycles owned or leased by and used by the same 
person or organization principally in connection with the same or 
related occupations, or, as applied to a commercial motor vehicle, that 
such vehicle is one of the three or more commercial vehicles owned 
or operated by the same person. 

(12) “Gasoline” means any liquid fuel which is commonly or usu¬ 
ally used for the propulsion of motor vehicles, aircraft, or motorboats 
by means of internal combustion engines, except liquid fuel with an 
octane rating of 86 or more, and except Diesel fuel, kerosene, benzene, 
benzol, and naphtha. 

(13) “Inboard Motorboat” means any self-propelled water craft the 
motive power for which is furnished by a gasoline-operated internal 
combustion engine other than an outboard motor. 

(14) “Intermediate Distributor” means any person, other than a 
licensed distributor, who is engaged in the business of transferring 
gasoline for resale. 


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(15) “Inventory Coupon” means a one-gallon or one-hundred-gallon 
coupon issued by a Board to represent unfilled storage capacity of a 
dealer or intermediate distributor, or for such other purpose as may be 
provided in Ration Order No. 5C. 

(16) “Issuing Board” means the Board which issued a particular 
gasoline ration. 

(IT) “Licensed Distributor” means any person, including any re¬ 
finer, manufacturer, blender, importer, bulk distributor, wholesaler, 
or consumer, who transfers, receives, or uses gasoline in such manner 
as to be required to account for the State motor fuel taxes imposed 
thereon directly to the motor fuel tax administration of a State. Any 
such person shall be deemed to be a licensed distributor in each State 
to which he is required to account for such State motor fuel taxes, but 
only in such States: Provided , That any place of business at which 
functions corresponding to those of a dealer or intermediate dis¬ 
tributor are performed and which is operated by, or receives gasoline 
on consignment for purposes of sale from, a licensed distributor located 
in the same State in which such place of business is located shall be 
deemed to be a part of the facilities of such licensed distributor if: 

(i) Title to gasoline delivered to such place of business remains in 
the licensed distributor until the time of transfer of such gasoline 
therefrom; and 

(ii) State motor fuel taxes are paid by such licensed distributor 
either upon receipt of such gasoline by the licensed distributor, or 
upon transfers of gasoline made at such place of business rather than 
upon the delivery of gasoline thereto. 

(18) “Limitation Area” means the entire eastern part of the con¬ 
tinental United States up to and including all of the counties of 
Niagara, Erie, Wyoming, Livingston and Steuben in the State of 
New York; Tioga, Lycoming, Clinton, Centre, Blair, and Bedford 
in the State of Pennsylvania; Allegany in the State of Maryland; 
Mineral, Grant, and Pendleton in the State of West Virginia; High¬ 
land, Bath, Alleghany, Craig, Giles, Pulaski, Wythe, and Grayson in 
the State of Virginia; Ashe, Watauga, Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, 
Madison, Haywood, Swain, Graham and Cherokee in the State of 
North Carolina; Fannin, Murray, Whitfield, Catoosa, Dade, Walker, 
Chattooga, Floyd, Polk, Haralson, Carroll, Heard, Troup, Harris, 
Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Stewart, Quitman, Clay, Early, Seminole, 
and Decatur in the State of Georgia; and Gadsden, Liberty and that 
part of Franklin which lies east of the Apalachicola River in the State 
of Florida: Provided , That if part of an incorporated or unincorpo- 


rated city, town or village is located within the limitation area, all 
of such city, town or village shall be deemed to be within such area. 

(19) “Motorcycle” means any motor vehicle designed for highway 
operation on three wheels or less, but does not include tractors. 

(20) “Motorcycle tire” means any tire designed primarily for use 
on a motorcycle and in no event larger than 4.50-18. 

(21) “Motor Vehicle” means any rubber-tired, self-propelled con¬ 
veyance the motive power for which is furnished by an internal-com¬ 
bustion engine designed for operation by gasoline and which is built 
primarily for the purpose of transporting persons or property. 

(22) “Motor Vehicle Dealer” means any person regularly engaged 
in the business of selling or reselling motor vehicles and includes 
persons engaged in selling repossessed motor vehicles. 

(23) “Motor Vehicle Rental Agency” means any person engaged 
in the business of leasing motor vehicles to others. 

(24) “Mounted,” as applied to a tire, means that such tire is held 
for use on a motor vehicle or equipment, whether or not physically 
mounted but not in excess of one tire for each wheel and one spare for 
each motor vehicle. 

(25) “Non-Highway Use” means any use of gasoline other than (i) 
for the propulsion of a registered motor vehicle, a commercial motor 
vehicle, a motor vehicle held by a motor vehicle dealer for sale or 
resale, a motor vehicle operated on dealer or.other interchangeable 
license plates, or (ii) for the operation of machinery or equipment 
mounted on a commercial motor vehicle. 

(26) “Occupation” means business; gainful work; or any work 
regularly performed by a person which contributes to the war effort 
or to the public welfare; and includes the pursuit of a regular and 
recognized course of study. 

(27) “Occupational Mileage” means mileage driven by a person 
in carrying on an occupation or to and from a place where such 
occupation is carried on. 

(28) “Official,” as applied to a passenger automobile or motorcycle, 
means that such automobile or motorcycle is owned or leased by a 
Federal, State, local or foreign government or government agency, 
other than by the armed forces of the United States or the armed forces 
of a State organized pursuant to Section 61 of the National Defense 
Act, as amended. 

(29) “Organized Transportation Plan” means a plan organized and 
administered by a joint management-labor committee, or some similar 
group or individual designated by agreement between or with the 


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consent of management and labor for the purpose of transporting, 
with a minimum use of tires, all workers who require automobiles 
for transportation to and from their work. 

(30) “Passenger Automobile” means any motor vehicle, other 
than an ambulance, hearse, vehicle available for public rental, taxi¬ 
cab, jitney, or a motorcycle, which is built primarily for the pur¬ 
pose of transporting persons on the highways and has a rated seating 
capacity of seven (7) or less; and includes station wagons and suburban 
carry-alls, irrespective of seating capacity, which are not available for 
hire or public rental. 

(31) “Passenger-type tire” means any tire designed primarily for 
use on a passenger automobile excluding motorcycle tires and tires 
located outside the-continental United States. 

(32) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, as¬ 
sociation, government or government agency, or any other organized 
group or enterprise. 

(33) “Ration,” as the context requires, means either a right to ac¬ 
quire and use gasoline which is evidenced by coupons issued by a 
Board on the basis of an application, or the amount of gasoline ac¬ 
quired in exchange for such coupons or both. 

(34) “Ration Book” means any gasoline coupon book issued pur¬ 
suant to Ration Order No. 5A or 5C. 

(35) “Registered,” as applied to a motor vehicle, means that 
such motor vehicle is duly licensed for general operation on public 
roads or highways by the appropriate agency of the Federal Govern¬ 
ment or by a State, territorial or foreign government. 

(36) “Scrap,” as applied to a tire, means incapable of being repaired 
for use. 

(37) “Serial Number” means the serial number either on the side- 
wall or on the inner surface of a tire or, if no such number appears on 
a tire, the brand name. 

(88) “State” includes the District of Columbia. 

(39) “State Motor Fuel Tax Administration” means the commis¬ 
sion, board, department, or officer having charge of receiving and 
auditing the reports of taxes levied by a State on the transfer, receipt 
or use of gasoline. 

(40) “Transfer” means sell, give, exchange, lease, lend, deliver, 
supply or furnish, and includes the acquisition of title by will, in¬ 
heritance, foreclosure, or legal process; it also includes the use by 
any dealer or distributor of any gasoline held by him; but does not 
include the creation of a security interest or security title involving- 
no change of possession. Delivery to a carrier for shipment, or by 


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a carrier in completion of shipment, shall not be deemed to be a 
transfer to or by such carrier. 

(41) “Transfer,” as applied to a place of business, means any 
change from one person to another of the right to occupation of the 
premises, whether or not the transferor continues on the premises 
in another capacity. The term shall include, but not by way of 
limitation, a sale, lease, change in tenancy, inheritance, devise, evic¬ 
tion, foreclosure, or occupation by an executor, administrator, re¬ 
ceiver, or trustee in bankruptcy, but not a mortgage or other security 
transfer unaccompanied by a change in the right to present 
possession. 

(42) “Unit” means the value, in gallons of gasoline, assigned to a 
coupon contained in a ration book, by order or direction of the Office 
of Price Administration. Such order or direction may vary the 
value of a unit with respect to the class of the coupon, with respect 
to the type or quality of gasoline transferred, with respect to the 
type of motor vehicle or typo of gasoline use for which such coupon 
is issued, or with respect to the area in which or time when the 
transfer of gasoline is made. 

(43) “Vehicle Available for Public Rental” means any registered 
motor vehicle leased from or held for rental by a motor vehicle 
rental agency. 

(b) Where the context so requires, words in the singular shall in¬ 
clude the plural, words in the plural shall include the singular, and 
the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter. 

ADMINISTRATION, PERSONNEL AND JURISDICTION 

Section 1394.7601 Personnel.— (a) Ration Order No. 5C shall be 
administered by the Office of Price Administration through its War 
Price and Rationing Boards and such other administrative per¬ 
sonnel as it may select. The persons appointed to administer Ra¬ 
tion Order No. 5C shall have such powers and duties as are herein 
described and as the Office of Price Administration has delegated and 
may, from time to time, delegate. 

(b) The persons referred to in paragraph (a) of this section may 
be assisted in the issuance of Basic rations (as prescribed in Section 
1394.7653) by the chief school officials of the several States, the city 
and county superintendents of schools, and by the persons who may 
be appointed to act as school site administrators and registrars. 
The school site administrators shall be appointed by the city or 
county school superintendents and the registrars shall be appointed 

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by the school site administrators. The persons mentioned in this 
paragraph shall be under the supervision of the persons mentioned in 
paragraph (a) of this section and of the persons who appointed 
them. 

(c) No person participating in the administration of Ration 
Order No. 5C shall act officially in connection with any matter aris¬ 
ing thereunder as to which he has any interest, by reason of business 
connection or relationship by blood, marriage or adoption. 

Section 1394.7602 Jurisdiction of Boards over Issuance of Ra¬ 
tions.— (a) For purposes of Ration Order No. 5C, a Board other than 
a Plant Area Board or other Board specially designated by the Office 
of Price Administration to serve the workers in specified industrial 
or extractive establishments, shall have jurisdiction over: 

(1) The issuance of Basic rations: Provided , That during the period 
from November 9, 1942, to November 11, 1942, inclusive, such rations 
shall be issued only by registrars, in accordance with Section 1394.7653; 

(2) The issuance of rations (other than Basic rations) for motor 
vehicles normally garaged or stationed in the area which the Board is 
designated to serve: Provided , That rations for fleet vehicles may, 
at the option of the applicant, be issued by the Board having jurisdic¬ 
tion over the area in which an office is maintained for directing the 
operations of such vehicles; 

(3) The issuance of Non-Highway rations: 

(i) For inboard motorboats, outboard motors or non-highway ve¬ 
hicles normally kept or stationed in the area which the Board is desig¬ 
nated to serve; 

(ii) For machinery or equipment located in the area which the 
Board is designated to serve; 

(iii) For other non-highway use. 

(4) The issuance of a ration to any person who shows good cause 
for failure to make application to the Board having jurisdiction pur¬ 
suant to the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this section; 
any person applying for a ration pursuant to this paragraph, for a’ 
registered or commercial motor vehicle, shall furnish the Board with 
the address of the place (if any) where such vehicle is normally garaged 
or stationed; 

(5) The issuance of a ration for use with a motor vehicle, inboard 
motorboat, or outboard motor which is normally garaged, stationed or 
kept outside of the area included within the continental limits of the 
United States. 

(b) For the purpose of Ration Order No. 5C, a Plant Area Board or 
other Board designated by the Office of Price Administration to serve 


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the workers in specified industrial or extractive establishments shall 
have jurisdiction over: 

(1) The issuance of Basic, Supplemental, and Special rations for 
the motor vehicles of workers employed in the specified industrial or 
extractive establishments which such Board is designated to serve. 

(i) No such Board shall have jurisdiction to issue any Basic Sup¬ 
plemental or Special ration for the motor vehicle of a worker employed 
in industrial or extractive establishments which it is designated to serve 
if such worker has made application, during the time he was so 
employed, for a ration for such vehicle under Ration Order No. 5C 
to the Board having jurisdiction over the area in which such vehicle 
is normally garaged or stationed: Provided however , That such 
Plant Area or other specially designated Board shall have jurisdic¬ 
tion to issue such ration if the applicant, since the time of making 
application to the Board having jurisdiction over the area in which 
his vehicle was normally garaged or stationed, has moved his resi¬ 
dence and the place at which his vehicle is normally garaged or sta¬ 
tioned to an area within the jurisdiction of another Board, and has 
not made application for such ration to such other Board. 

(c) For the purposes of Ration Order No. 5C, no Board other than 
a Plant Area Board or other Board designated by the Office of Price 
Administration to serve the workers in specified industrial or extrac¬ 
tive establishments shall have jurisdiction over the issuance of a 
Basic Supplemental or Special ration to an applicant employed at such 
industrial or extractive establishments if such applicant has made 
application for a Basic Supplemental or Special ration to a Plant Area 
Board or other Board designated to serve such industrial establish¬ 
ment unless the applicant since the time of making application to 
such Board has changed his place of employment and is no longer 
in the jurisdiction of such Board. 

(d) No person shall be entitled to receive or to use a ration issued 
by a Board which does not have jurisdiction over the issuance thereof 
in accordance with this section. 

Section 1394.7603 Action on Applications.—The Board shall 
render its decision on an application for a ration within ten (10) days 
after the date of submission of such application. In any case of ap¬ 
parent emergency, such decision shall be made within forty-eight (48) 
hours, if possible. The Board shall promptly notify the applicant 
of its decision. 

Section 1394.7604 Records of Applications—(a) All applica¬ 
tions for Basic rations submitted at an application site referred to in 
Section 1394.7653 shall, when passed upon, be forwarded to the War 


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Price and Rationing Board having jurisdiction over the area in 
which such application site is located. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, each Board 
shall maintain a file of all applications for gasoline rations passed 
upon by it or received by it from any other Board or from any applica¬ 
tion site. 

(c) A Board, after passing upon an application for a ration for 
use with a motor vehicle, made before it pursuant to paragraph 

(a) (4) of Section 1394.7602, shall forward such application through 
the State Director to the Board having jurisdiction under paragraphs 
(a) (2) or (a) (3) of that section. 

BASIC RATIONS 

Section 1394.7651 Basic Rations.—A Basic ration may be ob¬ 
tained for use with a registered passenger automobile or a registered 
motorcycle during the period from November 22, 1942, or the date 
of issuance of the ration, whichever is later, to July 21, 1943, inclusive, 
except that no Basic ration shall be issued for use with a passenger 
automobile or motorc 3 'cle which is: 

(a) Owned or leased by a Federal, State, local, or foreign govern¬ 
ment, or government agency; or 

(b) Part of a fleet of passenger automobiles or motorcycles; or 

(c) Held bj^ a motor vehicle dealer for sale or resale. 

Section 1394.7652 Basic Ration Books. — Class A coupon books, 
and Class D coupon books marked “Basic,” shall be issued as Basic 
rations. Class A books shall be issued for passenger automobiles 
and Class D books for motorcycles. Subject to the provisions of 
Section 1394.7653 (d) each Class A and Class D ration book shall con¬ 
tain thirty-two (32) coupons. Each coupon contained in a Basic ra¬ 
tion book shall have a value of one unit. Coupons contained in Class 
A books shall be valid for the transfer of gasoline to a consumer only 
during the periods indicated below. 


Coupons numbered Valid period 

8-November 22,1942 to January 21,1943, inclusive. 

4 -January 22,1943 to March 21,1943, inclusive. 

5 -March 22,1943 to May 21,1943, inclusive. 

6 -May 22,1943 to July 21, 1943, inclusive. 


Coupons in Basic Class D books shall be valid for the transfer of 
gasoline to a consumer at any time prior to July 22, 1943. 

Section 1394.7653 Application for and Issuance of Basic Ra¬ 
tions.— (a) Application for a Basic ration book shall be made on 






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Form OP A R-534. During the period from November 9, 1942, to 
November 11, 1942, inclusive, application shall be made at any appli¬ 
cation site designated by the Office of Price Administration. After 
November 11, application shall be made to a Board: Provided, That, 
except for good cause shown for failure to apply at an application 
site, application may not be made to a Board prior to November 
25, 1942. A separate application shall be made for each passenger 
automobile or motorcycle for which a Basic ration is sought. 

(b) The application must be signed by the registered owner of the 
vehicle for which a ration is sought and may not be signed by an 
agent: Provided , That the Board may accept an application signed 
by a duly authorized agent of the registered owner if the applicant 
for whom the agent is acting is physically unable to sign or is outside 
the jurisdiction of the Board with which application is filed. 

(c) Each applicant for a Basic ration shall state: 

(1) The serial number of all tires mounted (including one spare) 
on the vehicle for which application is made; and 

(2) The number and serial number of passenger-type tires (exclud¬ 
ing motorcycle tires but including scrap tires) which are owned by the 
registered owner of the vehicle or by any person living in the household 
of such owner and related to him by blood, marriage or adoption, other 
than tires reported on OPA Form R-17 or R-17 Revised or reported 
by a manufacturer to the War Production Board or tires mounted 
(including one spare per motor vehicle) on motor vehicles or 
equipment. 

(d) Pursuant to such application, a Basic ration shall be issued 
during the period from November 9, 1942, to November 11, 1942, 
inclusive, by any registrar appointed under paragraph (a) or (b) 
of Section 1394.7601. After November 11, a Basic ration shall be 
issued by a Board. The Board shall remove from any Class A book 
issued subsequent to November 22, 1942, all expired coupons and one 
currently valid coupon for each full eight days which have elapsed 
in the valid period during which such book is issued. In the case of a 
Basic D book issued after November 22, 1942, one coupon shall be re¬ 
moved for each full eight days which have elapsed since November 22, 
1942. 

(e) No Basic ration shall be issued by a registrar or a Board unless 
the applicant has certified in the application that no passenger-type 
tires required to be reported in such application pursuant to para¬ 
graph (c) (2) of this section are owned by the registered owner of the 
vehicle or by any person living in his household and related to him 
by blood, marriage or adoption. No person shall be entitled to a 


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Basic ration if, at the time of issuance, the registered owner of the 
vehicle or any person living in his household and related to him by 
blood, marriage or adoption owns tires required to be reported in an 
application pursuant to paragraph (c) (2) of this section. 

(f) No more than one Basic ration may be issued for a vehicle, 
except as provided in Section 1394.8007 and 1394.8103, and no person 
shall be entitled to more than one Basic ration for the same vehicle, 
during the period from July 22, 1942, to July 21, 1943: Provided , 
That any person who has surrendered a Basic ration to a Board by 
reason of having ceased to use the motor vehicle for which the ration 
was issued, or by reason of having removed such motor vehicle from 
the limitation area prior to November 22, 1942, may apply to a Board 
for reissuance thereof. Application for reissuance shall be made on 
Part A of Form OPA R-534, and the applicant shall attach thereto 
a certification in which he shall set forth the date and place of issu¬ 
ance of the ration surrendered, together with the date and place of 
surrender thereof, the reason therefor, and the number of unused 
coupons remaining in the book at the time of surrender. In the event 
that the Board is satisfied that the applicant surrendered such ration 
in good faith the Board shall issue a Basic ration book to the applicant 
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1394.7653: Provided , That no 
coupon book reissued pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph 
shall contain coupons in excess of the number ol coupons contained 
in the coupon book surrendered. 

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of Ration Order No. 5C, 
die period of time during which Basic rations may be issued at appli¬ 
cation sites referred to in Section 1394.7653 may be extended by the 
Office of Price Administration, its War Price and Rationing Boards 
or such other administrative personnel as it may select. 

SUPPLEMENTAL RATIONS 

Section 1394.7701 Supplemental Rations.—(a) The following 
coupon books may be issued by a Board as Supplemental rations to 
the owner or person entitled to the use of a registered passenger auto¬ 
mobile or registered motorcycle (other than those specified in Sec¬ 
tion 1394.7702), to provide for occupational mileage driven in such 
vehicle by anyone, to the extent that such mileage is allowed by the 
Board pursuant to Section 1394.7704: 

(1) Class B or Class C coupon books for use with passenger auto¬ 
mobiles. 

(2) Class D coupon books marked “Supplemental” for use with 
motorcycles. 


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(b) When issued as a Supplemental ration, Class B books shall con¬ 
tain sixteen (16) coupons, and Class C and D books shall contain the 
number of coupons, specified in the tables set forth in Section 
1394.7705, necessary to provide the mileage allowed by the Board. 
Each coupon in a Class B, Class C or Supplemental Class D book 
shall have a value of one unit. Coupons contained in such books 
shall authorize the transfer of gasoline to consumers only during the 
valid period of such books noted thereon by the Board. Class B 
rations and books shall be valid only for the period ascertained 
pursuant to Section 1394.7705. Class C and Supplemental Class D 
rations and books issued pursuant to Ration Order No. 5C shall be 
valid for a period of three months commencing on November 22, 1942, 
or on the date of issuance, whichever is later. 

(c) Applicants for Supplemental rations are deemed to have avail¬ 
able 150 miles per month of occupational driving by using the Basic 
ration to which they are entitled; and Supplemental rations may be 
issued to provide only occupational mileage allowed by a Board in 
excess of 150 miles per month. However, no deduction for such 150 
miles shall be made by the applicant in stating his required occupa¬ 
tional mileage or by the Board in allowing occupational mileage, since 
a deduction of 150 miles from the total mileage allowed by the Board 
is automatically made when the Board applies the tables set forth in 
Section 1394.7705 pursuant to which Supplemental rations are to be 
issued. 

Section 1394.7702 Passenger Automobiles or Motorcycles for 
which Supplemental Rations may not be Issued.—No Supple¬ 
mental rations may be obtained or shall be issued for use with a passen¬ 
ger automobile or motorcycle for which no Basic ration has been issued 
or which is: 

(a) Owned or leased by a Federal, State, local or foreign govern¬ 
ment or government agency; or 

(b) Part of a fleet of passenger automobiles or motorcycles; or 

(c) Held by a motor vehicle dealer for sale or resale. 

Section 1394.7703 Application for Supplemental Ration.— (a) 
Application for a Supplemental ration may be made to a Board on or 
after November 12, 1942, on Form OPA R-535, by the owner or a 
person entitled to the use of a registered passenger automobile or regis¬ 
tered motorcycle. A separate application shall be made for each 
vehicle. Application on behalf of an individual may not be signed by 
an agent. 

(b) An applicant shall establish the average monthly occupational 
mileage driven within the continental United St des and required for 


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each of the following purposes, for the three-month period beginning 
with the date on which such ration is required: 

(1) Driving between home and a fixed place of work in connection 
with the principal occupation of the applicant or principal user of the 
vehicle; 

(2) Driving in the course of such principal occupation; 

(3) Driving to and from or in the course of any other occupation or 
occupations for which the vehicle is used. 

(c) In the event that two or more passenger automobiles for which 
Supplemental rations are desired, are owned by persons living in the 
same household and related to each other by blood, marriage, or adop¬ 
tion, all applications for Supplemental rations for such vehicles shall, 
except for good cause shown, be submitted at the same time to the 
same Board. Where two or more vehicles are used in a ride-sharing 
arrangement of the type described in paragraph (a) of Section 
1394.7704, a separate application for a Supplemental ration shall be 
made for each such vehicle. Each such application shall include 
only the mileage driven in the vehicle for which it is made and, if 
such vehicles are all within the jurisdiction of one Board, all such 
applications must be submitted to it at the same time. If such 
vehicles are within the jurisdiction of different Boards, each appli¬ 
cation must be accompanied by duplicate copies of the applications 
for other vehicles used in such ride-sharing arrangement, and such 
duplicate copies shall show, if possible, the action taken by the 
respective Boards on the originals thereof. 

Section 1394.7704 Allowance of Mileage. — (a) Except as pro¬ 
vided in paragraph (c) of this section occupational mileage shall be 
allowed by a Board for a purpose specified in paragraph (b) of Sec¬ 
tion 1394.7703 if the applicant establishes, in connection with the use 
of the vehicle for that purpose, either: 

(1) That a bona fide ride-sharing arrangement has been made pur¬ 
suant to which at least four persons (including the operator) will 
regularly be carried in the vehicle for the purpose of going to and from 
or carrying on their occupations and that transportation is needed for 
such purpose: Provided That each person must certify to his partic¬ 
ipation in the ride-sharing arrangement by signing the application; or 

(2) That no such ride-sharing arrangement could reasonably be 
made but that the vehicle carries as many persons as could reasonably 
be expected in the light of the circumstances in which and the purpose 
for which it is used; that transportation is needed for such purpose; 
and that no alternative means of transportation are available which 
would be reasonably adequate for such purpose. 


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(i) An applicant may establish that four or more persons cannot 
regularly he carried in the vehicle for which application is made by 
showing: the limited capacity of the vehicle; the necessity of travel¬ 
ing at unusual or irregular hours; the necessity of traveling over 
routes not feasible for other persons who might be carried; or such 
other reasons as the Board may find sufficient. 

(ii) An applicant may establish the lack of reasonably adequate 
alternative means of transportation by showing the unavailability of 
other public or private means of transportation; or by showing that 
such alternative means, if available, are inadequate by reason of loca¬ 
tion, schedules or overcrowded conditions, by reason of physical dis¬ 
ability of the person needing transportation, by reason of the nature 
of the work for which transportation is needed, or for such other 
reasons as the Board may find sufficient. 

(3) In the event the applicant or principal user is employed at a 
power generation or transmission facility, public utility, transporta¬ 
tion or communication facility, or agricultural, extractive, industrial, 
military or naval establishment at which more than one hundred (100) 
persons are employed, the application, if made for a ration to be used 
for transporting such applicant or principal user to and from such 
place of employment, must be certified as indicated thereon by an 
official in charge of an Organized Transportation Plan at such estab¬ 
lishment. 

(4) In the event application is made for a Supplemental ration in 
order to permit the use of the vehicle for which application is made 
in the pursuit of an occupation other than a gainful occupation, the 
application must be certified, as indicated thereon, by a responsible 
official of the organization, if any, for or under the direction of which 
the work is performed. 

(b) Upon the basis of the application and such other facts as the 
Board may require, the Board shall allow mileage for driving within 
the continental United States for any of the purposes listed in para¬ 
graph (b) of Section 1394.7703 for which applicant has applied, with 
respect to which the applicant has established the facts required by 
paragraph (a) hereof. The Board shall allow only that portion of 
the claimed mileage (in the absence of a ride-sharing arrangement) 
with respect to which the applicant has established the inadequacy 
of alternative means of transportation (in accordance with paragraph 
(a) (2) (ii) of this section). The Board shall then determine the 
total occupational mileage per month required by the applicant and 
allowed by it for the three-months’ period specified in paragraph (b) 
of Section 1394.7703 and shall issue a Supplemental ration, in accord¬ 
ance with the provisions of Section 1394.7705, to provide such mileage: 

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Provided , That the Board may not allow an average of more than 470 
miles per month for any occupational mileage other than preferred 
mileage as defined in Section 1394.7706. The Board may allow an 
average mileage in excess of 47'0 miles per month only if such excess 
consists of such preferred mileage. 

(c) A Board having jurisdiction over an area which is adequately 
served by subway, elevated railroad, or railroad commutation service 
shall allow mileage claimed with respect to which a ride-sharing ar¬ 
rangement has been made only if the applicant establishes that the use 
of such subway, elevated railroad, or railroad commutation service 
would not.be reasonably adequate for the purpose for which such mile¬ 
age is claimed. 

(d) The Board shall deduct from the mileage it allows for a pas¬ 
senger automobile, in accordance with paragraph (b) above, 150 miles 
per month for each additional passenger automobile (other than a 
fleet passenger automobile) owned by the applicant or by any person 
living in his household and related to him by blood, marriage or 
adoption, if the Board finds that such automobile is available to and 
adequate for the use of the applicant for the purpose for which the 
Supplemental ration is sought. No such automobile shall be deemed 
available to the applicant if it is used, to a substantial extent, for an 
occupational purpose of another person; nor shall such automobile 
be deemed available to the applicant during the effective period of a 
Supplemental ration issued to another person whose mileage allow¬ 
ance was reduced on account of such automobile. 

Section 1394.7705 Issuance of Supplemental Rations.— (a) 
Supplemental rations shall be issued to provide the total mileage 
allowed by the Board in accordance with Section 1394.7704. 

(1) In the case of a passenger automobile, the Board shall issue: 

(1) In the event that the mileage allowed by the Board is 470 miles 
per month or less: one Class B book having the valid period specified 
in Table I for the mileage allowed; 

(ii) In the event that the mileage allowed by the Board pursuant 
to paragraph (b) of Section 1394.7704 exceeds 470 miles per month: 
one. or more Class C books bearing expiration dates three months from 
the date of issuance or November 22,1942, whichever is later, and con¬ 
taining the number of coupons specified in Table II for the mileage 
allowed. 

(2) In the case of a motorcycle: one or more Class D books (to be 
marked “Supplemental”) bearing expiration dates three months from 
the date of issuance or November 22,1942, whichever is later, and con¬ 
taining the number of coupons specified in Table I, if the mileage 


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allowed is 470 miles per month or less, or specified in Table II, if the 
mileage allowed is in excess of 470 miles per month. 


Table I* 

DETERMINATION OF DURATION AND AMOUNT OF SUPPLEMENTAL RATION 

For vehicles with an allowed mileage of more than 150 but not more than 470 

miles per month 


Passenger automobiles 

Motorcycles 


Valid period of “ B ” book, 




in months and wrecks 



Allowed mileage 



Allowed mileage 

Number of coupons to be issued 
in Supplemental “D” book 


(Months) 

(Weeks) 



0-150. 

(No“B”b 

ook). 

0-150. 

fNo Stinnlpmonf al “TV* Knnlr\ 

151-230. 

12 


151-170. 


231-240. 

10 


171-190. . 

2 

247-270. 

8 


191-210. . 

3 

271-287. 

7 


211-230_ 

4 

288-310.. 

0 


231-250. 

5 

311-324.. 

5 

2 

251-270. . . 

6 

325-342.. 

5 


271-290. 

7 

343-303... 

4 

2 

291-310. .. 

8 

364-3y0. 

4 


311-330. 

9 

391-406 . 

3 

3 

331-350. 

10 

407-424.,. 

3 

2 

351-370. 

11 

425-445 '... 

3 

1 

371-390. 

12 

446-470 . 

3 


391-410.. 

13 




411-430. 

14 




431-450. 

15 




451-470. 

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*(To be used only for vehicles entitled to Basic rations) 

Table II .*—Passenger Automobiles or Motorcycles 

DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF SUPPLEMENTAL RATION 

For vehicles with an allowed mileage of more than 470 miles per month 



Number of Coupons 
(Class “C” or Supple¬ 
mental Class “D” 
Book) 


Number of Coupons 
(Class “C” or Supple¬ 
mental Class “D” 
Book) 

Allowed mileage. (All 
in excess of 470 miles 
per month must be 
preferred mileage): 

471-490 _ 

17 

Allowed mileage. (All 
in excess of 470 miles 
per month must be 
preferred mileage)— 
Continued. 

791-810...-. 

33 

491-510 .. 

18 

811-830. 

34 

611-530 

19 

831-850... 

35 

531-550 . 

20 

851-870 . 

36 

551-570 .. 

21 

871-890. 

37 

571-590 

22 

891-910.. 

38 

591-610 

23 

911-930.. 

39 

611-630 

24 

931-950.... 

40 

631-650 

25 

951-970. 

41 

651-670 

26 

971-990 . 

42 

671-690 . 

27 

991-1,010. 

43 

691-710 . 

28 

1,011-1,030. 

44 

711-730 

29 

1,031-1,050.. 

45 

731-750 . 

30 

1,051-1,070. 

46 

751-770 .. 

31 

1,071-1.090. 

47 

771-790.__ 

32 

1,091-1,110. 

48 


*(To be used only for vehicles entitled to Basic rations) 


(In the event allowed mileage exceeds 1,110 miles, one additional coupon shall be issued for each 20 miles, 
or fraction thereof, of allowed mileage in excess of 1,110 miles. A dditional books may be issued if necessary 
to provide additional coupons.) 

































































































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(b) The Board shall remove and cancel all coupons in Class C or 
Class D books in excess of the number to be issued hereunder. 

(c) For the purpose of paragraph (a) of this section, a passenger 
automobile is conclusively presumed to operate 15 miles, and a motor¬ 
cycle 40 miles, per gallon of gasoline. 

(d) No Supplemental ration shall be issued by a Board unless the 
applicant certifies that the registered owner, or his agent, has certified 
that no passenger-type tires (excluding motorcycle tires but including 
scrap tires) are owned by the registered owner of the vehicle or 
by any person living in the household of such owner and related 
to him by blood, marriage or adoption, other than tires reported on 
OP A Form R-17 or R-17 Revised or reported by a manufacturer to 
the War Production Board, or tires mounted (including one spare per 
motor vehicle) on motor vehicles or equipment. No person shall be 
entitled to a Supplemental ration if, at the time of issuance, the regis¬ 
tered owner or any person living in his household and related to him 
by blood, marriage or adoption owns passenger-type tires (excluding 
motorcycle tires but including scrap tires) other than tires reported 
on OPA Form R-17 or R-17 Revised, or reported by a manufacturer 
to the War Production Board, or tires mounted (including one spare 
per motor vehicle) on motor vehicles or equipment. 

Section 1394.7706 Preferred Mileage.—The mileage driven in a 
passenger automobile or motorcycle by the owner or a person entitled 
to the use thereof, necessary for carrying out one or more of the fol¬ 
lowing purposes, shall be deemed preferred mileage: 

(a) By a duly elected or appointed agent, officer, representative or 
employee of a Federal, State, local or foreign government or govern¬ 
ment agency, for performing the official business or carrying out an 
official function of such government or government agency; or by a 
duly authorized official, employee, agent, or representative of the Amer¬ 
ican Red Cross, for performing the official business of the American 
Red Cross, either in a passenger automobile or motorcycle owned or 
leased by the American Red Cross, or in a passenger automobile or 
motorcycle not owned or leased by the American Red Cross if compen¬ 
sation is paid by the American Red Cross for the performance of such 
business and for the use of such passenger automobile or motorcycle: 
Provided , That: 

(1) No Board (unless otherwise instructed by the Office of Price 
Administration) shall allow preferred mileage to any agent, repre¬ 
sentative or employee of a Federal, State, local or foreign government 
or government agency (other than mileage to be driven in an official or 


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fleet vehicle) unless the application for such ration has been certified 
by an officer of such government or government agency empowered to 
authorize or to supervise travel by such officer, representative or em¬ 
ployee; Provided , That a Board may allow preferred mileage without 
requiring such a certification if it has received from a duly authorized 
official of such government or government agency a list approved by 
the Office of Price Administration, showing (i) those official duties 
and functions which cannot effectively be performed or carried on 
without travel by automobile or motorcycle, and (ii) the minimum 
number of miles of driving which are required therefor. A Board 
shall allow no preferred mileage, on the basis of any such list, for the 
performance of any official duty or function not provided on such list, 
nor to an extent greater than the minimum number of miles which are 
indicated as being essential to the performance of any such function. 

(2) Daily or periodic travel between home or lodgings and a fixed 
place of work shall not (except as provided in subparagraph (3) 
and (4) hereof) be deemed performance of official business or carrying 
out an official function. 

(3) Travel by duly elected members of federal or state legislative 
bodies: 

(i) between their places of residence and the city or town of 
legislative session, or within such city or town and within their respec¬ 
tive legislative districts in connection with their functions as legis¬ 
lators, except daily or periodic travel between home or lodgings and 
a fixed place of work; or 

(ii) elsewhere in pursuit of legislative business, shall be deemed 
the carrying out of an official function. 

(4) Travel by a member of a War Price and Rationing Board 
between home or lodgings and a place at which such Board conducts 
its business, or compensated travel by a person engaged in the admin¬ 
istration of the Selective Service System whose services are not other¬ 
wise compensated between home or lodgings and the place at which 
the business of the Selective Service System is conducted, shall be 
deemed performance of official business. 

(b) By a school teacher or school official for the performance of 
school duties which require regular travel to more than one recog¬ 
nized educational institution. 

(c) By a person for regularly transporting four or more pupils, 
students, teachers, or school employees to or from regular places of 
study, provided that alternative means of transportation are not 
adequate, 


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(d) For the transportation of mail on behalf of the United States 
Government. 

(e) For delivery, other than delivery to the reader, of newspapers 
(not including magazines). 

(f) For the transportation of nonportable equipment used in mak¬ 
ing newsreels for dissemination of information to the public, by a 
person regularly engaged in such activity. 

(g) By a physician, surgeon, dentist, osteopath, chiropractor, or 
midwife, for making necessary professional calls outside his office if 
he regularly makes such calls or for travel between offices maintained 
by him, but only if the applicant is licensed as such by the appropriate 
governmental authority. 

(h) By a farm veterinary for rendering professional services at 
agricultural establishments, but only if the applicant is licensed by 
the appropriate governmental authority and regularly renders such 
professional services. 

(i) By a medical interne, student of an accredited medical school 
or a public health nurse (but not including a private nurse) employed 
by or serving under the direction of a clinic or hospital, governmental 
agency, industrial concern, or similar organization, for rendering 
necessary medical, nursing or inspection calls. 

(j) By an embalmer for rendering necessary services in connection 
with the preparation for interment of deceased persons, but only if 
the applicant is licensed as such by the appropriate governmental 
authority. 

(k) By a practicing minister of any religious faith who regularly 
serves a congregation, to enable him to meet the religious needs of the 
locality which lie regularly serves, but not to go from home to place 
of worship; or by a practicing minister who regularly serves more than 
one congregation, to enable him to travel to the churches which he 
serves. 

(l) By a religious practitioner, other than a minister, who is duly 
authorized by an organized religious faith to render services of a reli¬ 
gious nature to members of such faith, for rendering such services 
to such members in the locality which he regularly serves but not for 
travel from home to place of worship. 

(m) By a farmer for transportation of farm products and necessary 
supplies between a farm and a wholesale or retail establishment, a 
public market, a shipping point, or another farm. 

(n) By a person, including an employer, employers’ organization, 
or labor organization, for the transportation of farm workers, com- 


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mercial fishermen, seamen, or marine workers between their homes or 
lodgings and to, from or between their places of employment. 

(o) By a worker, including an executive, technician or office worker 
(but excluding a person while engaged in promotional, merchandising, 
sales, landscaping or decorating activities, wholesale or retail delivery, 
and a member of the armed forces of the United States or military 
forces organized pursuant to Section G1 of the National Defense Act, 
as amended), for necessary travel to, from, within or between the es¬ 
tablishments or facilities listed below, for purposes necessary to the 
operation or functioning of such establishments or facilities. 

(1) Naval, military or hospital establishments or facilities; 

(2) Establishments or facilities of common carriers; or of other 
carriers performing services essential to the community or to the war 
effort; or of plants engaged in the production or distribution of light, 
pow T er, electricity, gas, steam, or water; or of irrigation, drainage, flood 
control or sanitation systems; or of telephone, telegraph, radio or 
communication systems; 

(3) Industrial, extractive or agricultural establishments essential 
to the war effort, including: plants or establishments engaged in the ex¬ 
traction, production, processing, or assembling of any aircraft, motor 
vehicle, ship, marine equipment, armament, implement or engine of 
war, or necessary part thereof; or of any raw, semi-processed or finished 
materials, supplies or accessories necessarily used in the manufacture 
thereof; or of tools, machinery or appliances essential to the manufac¬ 
ture or use thereof; or of munitions or fuel; or of essential medical 
supplies or essential food or clothing. 

(p) By an authorized agent of government or of management or 
labor, for transportation to, from, within or between the establish¬ 
ments or facilities listed in paragraph (o) hereof, in order to maintain 
peaceful industrial relations therein or to recruit or train workers 
listed in paragraph (n) or (o) of this section. 

(q) By an engineer, architect, technician, construction worker, 
repair or maintenance man who requires the use of a passenger auto¬ 
mobile or motorcycle for performing, or for transporting materials 
or equipment necessary to perform, construction work; or by any of 
the above described persons who require the use of a passenger auto¬ 
mobile or motorcycle to travel from one place to another (but 
not from home or lodgings to a fixed place of work) for per¬ 
forming, or for transporting materials or equipment necessary to 
perform, any of the following services: highway maintenance or 
repair, or structural or mechanical installation, maintenance or re- 


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pair, the extermination of vermin, or the exploration, discovery or ex¬ 
ploitation of natural resources for the purpose of obtaining necessary 
war materials; or by a person who requires the use of a passenger 
automobile or motorcycle to travel from place to place (but not 
from home or lodgings to a fixed place of work) for performing 
highly skilled services necessary to the operation or functioning of 
the establishments or facilities described in paragraph (o) hereof: 
Provided , That preferred mileage may not be allowed pursuant to this 
paragraph to any person while engaged in promotional, merchandising 
or sales activities or retail or wholesale delivery, or to any person 
for the repair, maintenance, installation or construction of decora¬ 
tions or decorative equipment, or of novelty, amusement or enter¬ 
tainment devices, or of portable household equipment or furniture, or 
for landscaping. 

(r) By members of the armed forces of the United States, or State 
military forces organized pursuant to Section 61 of the National Defense 
Act, as amended, for necessary transportation between home or lodg¬ 
ings and post of duty (but not for transfer from post to post), or on 
official business where no military vehicle is available: Provided , That: 

(1) The applicant must present to the Board a statement from his 
commanding officer which sets forth the following: 

(i) The mileage sought is for necessary transportation between 
home or lodgings and post of duty (but not for transfer from post to 
post), or on official business; 

(ii) No adequate quarters can be provided for the applicant at his 
post of duty or that the applicant’s duties require frequent travel on 
official business; 

(iii) No other practicable means of transportation are available 
and no military vehicle can be supplied for the applicant’s use; and, 

(iv) The commanding officer will take all reasonable steps to insure 
that the vehicle will be used for the purpose for which the applica¬ 
tion is made, and that every effort is made by the applicant to trans¬ 
port as many passengers as possible, consistent with the capacity of 
the vehicle. 

(s) In a motorcycle, for delivery or messenger service; or in a pas¬ 
senger automobile, for the delivery of telegrams by a person regu¬ 
larly engaged in that business. 

(t) By a person regularly engaged in the business of dealing in 
scrap materials for locating and accumulating scrap metals, or other 
scrap materials essential to the war effort : Provided , That no pre¬ 
ferred mileage shall be allowed under this paragraph unless the appli- 


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cant presents to the Board a certification by the Regional Salvage 
Manager of the War Production Board, or the District Chief of 
the appropriate section of the Conservation Division of the War 
Production Board, that travel by the applicant for such purpose is 
essential to the war effort. 

OFFICIAL AND FLEET RATIONS (FOR OFFICIAL AND 
FLEET PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR¬ 
CYCLES) 

Section 1394.7751 Official and Fleet Rations for Passenger 
Automobiles and Motorcycles. —(a) The following coupon books 
and coupons, for use with registered passenger automobiles and regis¬ 
tered motorcycles which are owned or leased by a Federal, State, 
local or foreign government or government agency (other than by 
the armed forces of the United States or by State military forces 
organized pursuant to Section Cl of the National Defense Act, as 
amended) or which are part of a fleet shall be issued by a Board as 
rations to persons entitled to receive them under the provisions of 
Section 1394.7752 to provide for occupational mileage to the extent that 
such mileage is allowed by a Board in accordance with Section 
1394.7754: 

(1) Class B or Class C coupon books for use with passenger auto¬ 
mobiles; 

(2) Class D coupon books marked “Official” or “Fleet” for use with 
motorcycles; 

(3) Bulk coupons issued pursuant to paragraph (b) of Section 
1394.8006. 

(b) When issued as an Official or Fleet Ration, Class B books shall 
contain sixteen (16) coupons and Class C and 1) books shall contain 
the number of coupons specified in the Tables set forth in Section 
1394.7755, necessary to provide the mileage allowed by the Board. 
Coupons contained in such books shall authorize the transfer of gasoline 
to consumers only during the valid period of such books noted thereon 
by the Board. Class B rations and books shall be valid only during 
the period ascertained pursuant to Section 1394.7755. Class C and 
Official or Fleet Class D rations and books shall be valid during a period 
of three months commencing on the date of issuance or November 22, 
1942, whichever is later. 

Section 1394.7752 Persons Entitled to Official and Fleet Ra¬ 
tions— (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) hereof, the 

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owner or the person entitled to the use of an official motor vehicle 
may obtain an “Official” ration and the owner or the person entitled 
to the use of a registered passenger automobile or a registered motor¬ 
cycle (other than an official motor vehicle) which is a part of a fleet 
may obtain a “Fleet” ration, providing for occupational mileage to 
the extent that such mileage is allowed by a Board in accordance with 
Section 1394.7754. 

(b) Such Official or Fleet ration shall not be issued and may not 
be obtained for use with a passenger automobile or motorcycle which 
is held by a motor vehicle dealer for sale or resale. 

Section 1394.7753 Application for Official and Fleet Rations.— 
Application for Official and Fleet rations shall be made to a Board 
on or after November 12, 1942, on Form OPA R-551. An applica¬ 
tion may cover one or more vehicles and may be signed by an agent. 
An applicant shall establish the average monthly occupational mile¬ 
age within the continental United States required for each vehicle 
covered in the application or required for each of a group of vehicles 
used interchangeably for carrying on the same or a related occupation 
or occupations during the three-month period beginning with the date 
on which the ration is required. Each application for an Official or 
Fleet ration shall contain a certification by the owner or by a responsi¬ 
ble representative of the owner as to (a) the serial numbers of the tires 
mounted on each vehicle for which application is made, and (b) except 
in the case of an application for an Official ration, the number and 
serial number of passenger-type tires (excluding motorcycle tires 
but including scrap tires) owned by the registered owner of the 
vehicles in excess of those mounted (including one spare per motor 
vehicle) on motor vehicles or equipment other than tires reported on 
OPA Form R-17 or R-17 Revised or reported by a manufacturer to 
the War Production Board. 

Section 1394.7754 Allowance of Mileage.— (a) No occupational 
mileage shall be allowed by a Board unless the applicant establishes 
in connection with such mileage, either: 

(1) That transportation is needed for such occupational purposes, 
and that no alternative means of transportation are available which 
would be reasonably adequate within the meaning of Section 1394.7704; 
or 

(2) That a bona fide ride-sharing arrangement has been made in 
connection with the use of the vehicle or vehicles for such purposes, 
pursuant to which at least four persons (including the driver) will 
regularly be carried in the vehicle in connection with their occupations, 


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and that transportation is required for such purposes: Provided , That 
the names and addresses of all persons (other than the drivers of the 
vehicles) participating in the ride-sharing arrangement shall be set 
forth on separate sheets and attached to the application: Provided 
further , That a Board having jurisdiction over an area which is ade¬ 
quately served by subway, elevated railroad or railroad commutation 
service shall allow mileage claimed with respect to which a ride-shar¬ 
ing arrangement has been made only if the applicant also establishes 
that the use of such subway, elevated railroad or railroad commuta¬ 
tion service would not be reasonably adequate for the purpose for 
which such mileage is claimed. 

(b) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, the 
Board shall allow the total average occupational mileage per month 
determined by it to be required for driving within the continental 
United States, during the three-month period specified in Section 
1394.7753, and shall issue a ration in accordance with the provisions 
of Section 1394.7755 to provide such mileage: Provided , That the 
Board may not allow an average of more than 470 miles per month 
for any vehicle nor an average of more than 470 miles per month 
per vehicle for any group of vehicles, for any occupational mileage 
other than preferred mileage as defined in Section 1394.7706. 

Section 1394.7755 Issuance of Official and Fleet Rations.—(a) 
Official and Fleet rations shall be issued to provide the total mileage 
allowed by the Board in accordance with Section 1394.7754. 

(1) In the case of passenger automobiles, the Board shall issue: 

(1) In the event that the mileage allowed by the Board is 470 
miles per month or less: Class B books having the valid period speci¬ 
fied in Table III for the mileage allowed; 

(ii) In the event that the mileage allowed by the Board pursuant 
to paragraph (b) of Section 1394.7754 exceeds 470 miles per month: 
Class C books bearing expiration dates three months from the date 
of issuance or November 22, 1942, whichever is later, and containing 
the number of coupons specified in Table IV for the mileage allowed; 

(2) In the case of motorcycles: Class D books (to be marked 
“Fleet” if issued for use with a fleet motorcycle and “Official” if issued 
for use with an official motorcycle) bearing expiration dates three 
months from the date of issuance or November 22, 1942, whichever 
is later, and containing the number of coupons specified in Table 
III, if the mileage allowed is 470 miles per month or less, or specified 
in Table IV, if the mileage allowed is in excess of 470 miles per 
month 


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Table III* 

DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF OFFICIAL OR FLEET RATION 

For vehicles with an allowed mileage of not more than Ifi'O miles per month 


Passenger automobiles 

Motorcycles 

Allowed mileage 

Valid period of “B” 
book, in months and 
wrecks 

Allowed mileage 

Number of 
coupons to be 
issued inOfficial 
or Fleet Class 
“D” book 

(Months) 

(Weeks) 

Q-80 .. 

12 


0-20 .. 

1 

81-106... 

9 


21-40 . 

2 

107-137 ___ 

7 


41-60..... 

3 

138-160 . 

6 


61-80.... 

4 

161-174. 

5 

2 

81-100 .... 

5 

176-192 .. 

5 


101-120 .. 

6 

193-213... 

4 

2 

121-140 ..... 

7 

214-240 .... 

4 


141-160 __ 

8 

241-256 ..... 

3 

3 

161-180. .... 

9 

257-275 . 

3 

2 

181-200 ..... 

10 

276-295 ...... 

3 

1 

201-220. 

11 

296-320...... 

3 


221-240 ... 

12 

321-349 .. 

2 

3 

241-260 . 

13 

350-384 .... 

2 

2 

261-280 _ 

14 

385-426 ..... 

2 

1 

281-300 -. 

15 

427-470.. 

2 


301-320--.... 

16 




321-340. 

17 




341-360...... 

18 




361-380... 

19 




381-400.. 

20 




401-420.... 

21 




421-440.... 

22 




441-460--..... 

23 




461-470-..... 

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*(To be used only for official or fleet passenger automobiles and motorcycles and other specified passenger 
automobiles and motorcycles not entitled to Basic rations.) 

Table IV .*—Passenger automobiles or motorcycles 

DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF OFFICIAL OR FLEET RATION 

For vehicles with an allowed mileage of more than IfiO miles per month 


Allowed mileage 

Number of 
coupons in 
Official or 
Fleet Class “C” 
or “D” book 
or books 

Allowed mileage 

Number of 
coupons in 
Official or 
Fleet Class “C” 
or “D” book 
or books 

471-500.. 

25 

721-740 

37 

501-520.. 

26 

741-760 

38 

621-540.... 

27 

761-780 ... 

39 

641-560.... 

28 

781-800 

40 

661-580.. 

29 

801-820 . 

41 

581-600.. 

30 

821-840 

42 

601-620--.. 

31 

841-860 

43 

621-640... 

32 

861-880 . 

44 

641-660... 

33 

881-900 . 


661-680. 

34 

901-920 . 

46 

681-700.. 

35 

921-940 

47 

701-720.. 

36 

941-960 . 

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*(To be used only for official or fleet passenger automobiles and motorcycles and other specified passenger 
automobiles and motorcycles not entitled to Basic rations.) 


(In the event allowed mileage exceeds 960 miles, one additional coupon shall be issued for each 20 miles 
or fraction thereof, of allowed mileage in excess of 960 miles. Additional books may be issued if necessary 
to provide additional coupons.) 


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(b) The Board shall remove and cancel all coupons in Class C 
or Class D books in excess of the number to be issued hereunder. If 
the applicant has requested that bulk coupons be issued to him, the 
Board shall issue such bulk coupons in lieu of coupons in books, in 
accordance with the procedure set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of 
Section 1394.8008. 

(c) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of this section, a passenger 
automobile is conclusively presumed to operate 15 miles, and a motor¬ 
cycle 40 miles, per gallon of gasoline. 

(d) No fleet ration shall be issued by a Board unless the registered 
owner of the vehicle or vehicles for which such ration is required or 
his responsible agent, has certified in the application that no passen¬ 
ger-type tires (excluding motorcycle tires but including scrap tires) 
are owned by the registered owner of the vehicle other than tires 
reported on OPA Form R-17 or R-17 Revised or reported by a man¬ 
ufacturer to the War Production Board or tires mounted (including 
one spare per motor vehicle) on motor vehicles or equipment. No 
person shall be entitled to a Fleet ration if, at the time of issuance, 
the registered owner of the vehicles for which the ration is sought 
owns passenger-type tires (excluding motorcycle tires but including 
scrap tires) other than tires reported on OPA Form R-17 or R-17 
Revised or reported by a manufacturer to the War Production Board 
or tires mounted (including one spare per motor vehicle) on motor 
vehicles or equipment. 

Section 1394.7756 Interchangeable Official or Fleet Ration 
Books.—An applicant for an Official or a Fleet ration may request 
the Board to note on the ration books issued, the name or other identi¬ 
fication of the official vehicles or the fleet, in lieu of the registration 
number of a particular vehicle. The Board may grant such request 
with respect to any official or fleet vehicles which are used inter¬ 
changeably and which bear a clearly discernible official or fleet name, 
identification or designation. Any book on which such an identifica¬ 
tion is noted may be used, interchangeably, for all official or fleet 
vehicles bearing such identification. 

Section 1394.7757 Issuance of Rations for use with Vehicles 
Operated on Dealer Plates.— (a) Notwithstanding any other provi¬ 
sion of Ration Order No. 5C a ration may be issued by a Board to 
provide solely for the occupational mileage (other than for demon¬ 
stration purposes) to be driven in an unregistered passenger automobile 
or motorcycle regularly operated on dealer or other interchangeable 
license plates if the operation of such vehicle on such plates is per¬ 
missible under the law of the state issuing the plates. 


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(b) Such ration shall be issued in the same manner as Fleet ration 
under the conditions provided in Section 1394.7754 and 1394.7755 
(a), (b), (c) and (d) and application for such ration shall be made 
to a Board on Form OPA R-551: Provided , That the certifica¬ 
tion therein contained as to ownership of tires by the registered 
owner of the vehicle shall be revised to constitute a certification as to 
tires owned by the owner of the vehicle. The applicant shall annex 
to the application a written statement showing the Federal Use Tax 
Stamp number and the engine number of such vehicle. 

(c) If the Board finds the facts stated on the application to be true, 
it shall determine the allowed mileage for such vehicle in accordance 
with the provisions of Section 1394.7754, and shall issue a ration in 
accordance with Section 1394.7755 (a), (b) and (c). The Board issu¬ 
ing the ration book shall, at the time of issuance, make a clear notation 
of the Use Tax Stamp number on the cover of such book and, in the 
space provided for the license number, shall insert the engine number 
of such vehicle and the words “dealer plates”. The Board shall note 
on the cover of the book the name and address of the person to whom 
the book is issued and shall note on the book and on the application 
the date on which the book becomes valid and the date on which it 
expires. 

TRANSPORT RATIONS 

Section 1394.7801 Transport Rations. — (a) Subject to the pro¬ 
visions of Section 1394.7802, Transport rations shall be issued by a 
Board to permit the acquisition of gasoline required for the propul¬ 
sion of registered and unregistered commercial motor vehicles and 
motor vehicles owned or leased by the military or naval forces of the 
United States or State military forces organized pursuant to Section 
61 of the National Defense Act, as amended. Except as otherwise 
provided in Sections 1394.7802 and 1394.7805, Transport rations shall 
be issued for use during fixed calendar quarterly periods of three 
months, the first of which shall commence on January 1, 1943. - 

Section 1394.7802 Persons Entitled to Transport Rations.— 
Subject to the provisions of Section 1394.7805, the owner or the person 
entitled to the use of a commercial motor vehicle for which a Certifi¬ 
cate of War Necessity has been issued may obtain a Transport ration 
authorizing the acquisition of the maximum number of gallons of gaso¬ 
line allowed for the operation of such vehicle for the quarterly period 
during which the ration is to be used, as set forth in such Certificate. 
The owner or the person entitled to the use of a motor vehicle 
but which is owned or leased by the military or naval forces of the 


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United States or the State military forces organized pursuant to Sec¬ 
tion 61 of the National Defense Act, as amended, may obtain a Trans¬ 
port ration authorizing the acquisition of the number of gallons of 
gasoline required for the operation of such vehicle during the quar¬ 
terly period for which the ration is to be used. 

Section 1394.7803 Transport Ration Books.—(a) Class T-l 
and Class T-2 coupon books and, in the case of motorcycles owned 
or leased by the armed forces, Class D books marked “Transport” 
shall be issued as Transport rations. Coupons in Class T-l and T-2 
book shall each have a value of one unit. 

(b) Coupons contained in a Transport ration book shall authorize 
the transfer of gasoline to a consumer only during the period noted 
thereon by the Board. 

Section 1394.7804 Application for Transport Rations.— (a) 
Application for a Transport ration may be made to a Board, on and 
after November 12, 1942, on Form OPA R-536. Application may be 
made by the owner or person entitled to the use of the vehicle, or by 
the authorized agent of either of them. A single application may be 
used for each fleet of vehicles or each group of fleet vehicles for which 
the applicant seeks a Transport ration. A separate application must 
be used for each vehicle which is not a part of a fleet. 

(b) In the event application is made for a Transport ration for 
use with a commercial motor vehicle for which a Certificate of War 
Necessity has been issued, the application shall be accompanied by the 
Single Unit Certificate issued for the vehicle or, in the case of a fleet of 
commercial vehicles, by the Fleet Certificate issued for such fleet. If 
the applicant requires, during the period, less than the maximum num¬ 
ber of gallons of gasoline allowed by such Certificate for the vehicles 
covered by the application, the applicant shall state the amount of 
gasoline required by him. 

(c) In the event application is made for a Transport ration for use 
with a motor vehicle owned or leased by the military or naval 
forces of the United States or State military forces organized 
pursuant to Section 61 of the National Defense Act, as amended, the 
application shall state the number of gallons of gasoline required dur¬ 
ing the quarterly period for which the ration is sought for all opera¬ 
tions of the vehicle, or in the case of a fleet, for all of the vehicles for 
which a ration is sought: Provided , That in the case of a ration for use 
prior to January 1, 1943 the application shall state the number of 
gallons of gasoline required for all operations of the vehicle, or in 
the case of a fleet, for all of the vehicles for which a ration is sought, 


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during the period between the date on which the ration is required or 
November 22,1942, whichever is later, and April 1,1943. 

Section 1394.7805 Issuance of Transport Rations. — (a) Except 
as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, no Transport ration shall 
be issued unless the applicant has presented to the Board, at the time 
of application, a currently valid Single Unit Certificate or, in the case 
of a fleet, a Fleet Certificate issued for the fleet for which a ration is 
sought. Except as provided in Section 1394.7806, no Transport ration 
may be issued which will allow the applicant to acquire gasoline in 
excess of the maximum allowed by such Certificate for the quarterly 
period for which the ration is sought and no Transport ration shall 
be issued more than thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of the 
quarterly period during which it is to be used: Provided , That Trans¬ 
port rations issued for use prior to January 1, 1943, shall not allow 
an amount of gasoline (other than gasoline allowed pursuant to Section 
1394.7806) in excess of the maximum number of gallons of gasoline 
allowed by the Certificate for the remaining portion of the year 1942 
and the first quarter of 1943. 

(b) The Board shall examine the Single Unit Certificate or the 
Fleet Certificate submitted and shall insert at the appropriate place 
provided in the application the maximum number of gallons of gaso¬ 
line allowed by such Certificate for the period for w 7 hich the ration 
is Sought. The Board shall allow the maximum number of gallons of 
gasoline set forth in the Certificate for the period or periods for which 
the ration is sought, or the quantity of gasoline required by the appli¬ 
cant during such period as stated in the application, whichever is less. 
The Board shall issue Class T-l or T-2 books or bulk coupons in 
sufficient number to provide the number of gallons of gasoline allowed 
by it. 

(c) In the event application is made for a ration for use with a 
motor vehicle which is owned or leased by the military or naval 
forces of the United States or State military forces organized 
pursuant to Section 61 of the National Defense Act, as amended, the 
Board shall not require the presentation of a Certificate of War Neces¬ 
sity and shall issue Class T-l or T-2 books or, in the case of motor¬ 
cycles, D books marked “Transport” containing coupons in sufficient 
number to provide the number of gallons of gasoline required for the 
fixed quarterly period during which the ration is to be used, or, in the 
case of a ration to be used prior to January 1, 1943, the Board shall 
issue books containing coupons in sufficient number to provide the 
number of gallons of gasoline requested for the operation of the 
vehicle during the period between the date on which the ration is 


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required or November 22, 1942, whichever is later, and April 1, 1943. 

(d) The Board shall, when issuing Class T-l, T-2 or D books as 
Transport rations, remove and cancel all coupons in excess of the num¬ 
ber required to supply the gallonage allowed. The Board shall note 
on the face of the books the date of issuance or. November 22, 1942, 
whichever is later, and the date of expiration of such books. At the 
time of issuance of any Transport ration for use with a vehicle for 
which a Certificate of War Necessity is required to be presented, the 
Board shall note on the face of the Single Unit Certificate the Board 
number, the period for which the ration is issued, the serial number 
of the ration book or books and the initials of the person issuing such 
books. In the case of a Fleet Certificate the Board shall note on the 
reverse side thereof the same information and shall also note the 
total gallonage for which coupons are issued, and the name or 
number and address of the issuing Board. If the applicant has 
requested that bulk coupons be issued to him, and if the applicant 
meets the requirements of paragraph (a) of Section 1394.8006, the 
Board shall issue bulk coupons to the extent of the gallonage allowed 
by it for which bulk coupons are requested. 

(e) No Transport ration issued for a vehicle for the operation of 
which a Certificate of War Necessity is required may be used with any 
vehicle which does not comply with the orders of the Office of Defense 
Transportation, nor with any vehicles on which the tires have not 
been inspected and approved in accordance with any applicable rule, 
regulation, or order of the Office of Defense Transportation, or of the 
Office of Price Administration. 

Section 1394.7806 Transport Ration for Equipment Mounted 
on Commercial Motor Vehicles.—Notwithstanding any other provi¬ 
sions of Ration Order No. 5C, the applicant for a ration for use with 
a commercial motor vehicle upon which is mounted and permanently 
attached machinery or equipment which is operated by gasoline sup¬ 
plied from a fuel tank other than the fuel supply tank of the motor 
vehicle may set forth in his application for a Transport ration for 
such vehicle the amount of gasoline needed for the operation of such 
machinery or equipment during the period for which the Transport 
ration is sought. The Board shall ascertain and allow the amount 
of gasoline needed for such purpose during such period and shall 
include in the Transport ration issued for such vehicle a sufficient 
number of coupons to provide gasoline to operate such machinery 
or equipment during such period. 

Section 1394.7807 Interchangeable Transport Ration Books.— 
An applicant for a Transport ration for use with fleet vehicles 

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may request the Board to note, on the ration books issued, a clearly dis¬ 
cernible name or other identification of the fleet or, if the vehicles bear 
no clearly discernible name or identification, the serial number of the 
Fleet Certificate issued for such vehicles, in lieu of the registration 
number of a particular vehicle. The Board may grant such request 
with respect to any vehicles in the fleet which are used interchange¬ 
ably and which bear a clearly discernible fleet name, identification 
or designation or, in the absence of such designation, with respect to 
any vehicles for which a Fleet Certificate has been issued. Any 
book on which a fleet identification or Fleet Certificate number is 
noted may be used interchangeably for all vehicles in the fleet bearing 
such identification or covered by such Fleet Certificate. 

Section 1394.7808 Temporary Transport Rations.—(a) Any 
person requiring gasoline for the operation of a commercial motor ve¬ 
hicle who has made application for a Certificate of War Necessity but 
who has received no notice of any action thereon may apply between 
November 15, 1942, and December 31,1942, inclusive, for a Temporary 
Transport ration pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this 
section, and no Certificate of War Necessity shall be required to be 
presented in connection therewith. 

(b) An application for a Temporary Transport ration may be made, 
in duplicate, to any Board during the period from November 15, 1942, 
to December 31, 1942, inclusive. Such application shall be made on 
Form OPA R-536, and may be made by an agent. The applicant shall 
state the mileage and gallonage required for the operation of such 
motor vehicle from the date the ration is required to December 31,1942, 
inclusive, and shall specify the address of the Local Allocation Office of 
the Office of Defense Transportation with which the application for a 
Certificate of War Necessity has been filed, the date on which such 
application was filed, and the address of the Board with which his 
application pursuant to Section 1394.7804 is to be filed. The applicant 
shall also state that no ration pursuant to Section 1394.7805 has been 
issued, and that he has received no notice of any action on his applica¬ 
tion for a Certificate of War Necessity for the vehicle or vehicles for 
which a ration is sought. The word “temporary” shall be clearly noted 
on the application. 

(c) The Board shall determine the number of gallons of gasoline 
required during such period for the operation of such motor vehicle. 
The Board shall then issue “T-l” or “T-2” books containing coupons 
in sufficient number to provide the gallonage needed. Such books shall 
expire at 12: 01 A. M. on January 1,1943. 


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(d) In the event that the Board issuing the temporary ration is not 
the Board with which the application for a Transport ration pursuant 
to Section 1394.7804 is to be filed, it shall return to the applicant the 
duplicate of such temporary application with its notations endorsed 
thereon. The applicant shall forthwith forward such duplicate to the 
Board with which the application pursuant to Section 1394.7804 is to 
be filed. The original of such temporary application shall be trans¬ 
mitted to such Board by the issuing Board. 

(e) No Transport Ration may be issued under Section 1394.7805, 
for use prior to January 1,1943, to any person obtaining a ration pursu¬ 
ant to this section: Provided , That if the Certificate of War Necessity 
for the vehicle for which such ration was issued allows gallonage for 
the period ending December 31,1942, greater~than the quantity allowed 
by the Temporary Transport ration issued for such period, a further 
Transport ration may be issued representing such difference. 

SPECIAL RATIONS 

Section 1394.7851 Application for Special Ration.— (a) The 

owner or person entitled to the use of a motor vehicle, or of a boat 
or outboard motor who finds that transportation in such vehicle, or 
boat, is necessary for one or more of the purposes specified in para¬ 
graph (b) of this section, and who finds that a ration issued for such 
vehicle or boat is not sufficient to permit its necessary use for such 
purpose, may apply to a Board for a Special ration. Application for 
a Special ration on behalf of an individual may not be signed by an 
agent. A Special ration may be issued for any period up to six months 
from the date of application. 

(b) Special rations shall be issued in order to permit the acquisition 
of gasoline for one or more of the following purposes: 

(1) For use with a passenger automobile, motorcycle, or motorboat: 

(i) To obtain necessary medical attention or therapeutic treatment 
or to procure necessary food or supplies; 

(ii) To move such a vehicle or boat in connection with a bona fide 
change of the regular place of residence of the person entitled to the 
use thereof; or to return such a vehicle or boat to the regular place of 
residence of the person entitled to the use thereof on November 22,1942 
if such vehicle or boat has been continuously away from such place of 
residence since that date: Provided , That if such place of residence and 
such vehicle or boat were, on November 22,1942, within the limitation 
area, no such ration shall be issued unless such vehicle or boat has been 
continuously away from the regular place of residence of the person 
entitled to the use thereof since August 22, 1942; 


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(iii) To move such vehicle or boat to a place of storage upon re¬ 
possession or upon seizure by a Government authority; 

(iv) To deliver such vehicle or boat after bona fide sale thereof 
or pursuant to a bona fide lease of more than ninety (90) days; 

(v) To move such vehicle or boat from a sales establishment or place 
of storage to another sales establishment or place of storage: Provided , 
That no ration in excess of five (5) gallons per month per vehicle or 
boat shall be granted for such purpose. 

(2) For use with a passenger automobile or motorcycle: 

(i) To operate such vehicle in the course of manufacture or assembly 
for the purpose of testing such vehicle or moving it within or between 
plants engaged in its manufacture or assembly; 

(ii) To transport the personnel and equipment of a scientific expe¬ 
dition organized or sponsored by a recognized scientific or educational 
institution or organization, if the Board finds that such expedition is 
in the public interest; 

(iii) To carry persons to and from the polls for the purpose of vot¬ 
ing in public elections (including primary elections); or to act as duly 
appointed election officials or poll watchers; or by a bona fide candidate 
for public office for purposes essential to the prosecution of his 
candidacy; 

(iv) To operate such vehicle for the purpose of bona fide tests or 
experiments contributing to the war effort, which require the use of 
such vehicle therein. 

(3) To operate a motor vehicle or motorboat held by a motor vehicle 
or boat dealer for sale or resale, for the purpose of demonstrating such 
vehicle or boat to prospective purchasers: Provided , That no ration in 
excess of five (5) gallons per month per vehicle or boat shall be granted 
for purposes of demonstration. 

(c) Application shall be made on Form OPA R-552 and the appli¬ 
cation shall state, in addition to such other information as may be 
required: 

(1) The purpose for which a Special ration is sought and the period 
(not exceeding six months) during which such ration will be needed; 

(2) The type and number of ration books already issued for the 
vehicle, boat, or outboard motor, for which the application is made; 

(3) The facts supporting the claim that transportation is necessary 
for the purpose; 

(4) If application is made pursuant to paragraph (b) (1) (i) or 
(iv) or paragraph (b) (2) (ii) or (iii) of this section, the alternative 
means of transportation which are available and the reasons, if any, 


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why such alternative means are not reasonably adequate for the 
purpose. 

(5) The number of miles of driving, or, in the case of a boat or out¬ 
board motor, the amount of gasoline, claimed to be essential to the 
accomplishment of the purpose or purposes stated during the period 
for which the Special ration is needed. 

Section 1394.7852 Form and Issuance of Special Rations.— (a) 
The Board may grant a Special ration only if it finds: 

(1) That such Special ration is needed by the applicant for the 
purpose claimed; 

(2) That a ration (if any) previously issued for such vehicle, boat 
or outboard motor is not reasonably adequate or cannot be used for 
such purpose; 

(3) That transportation is necessary to the accomplishment of such 
purpose; and 

(4) That no reasonably adequate alternative means of transporta¬ 
tion are available, if proof thereof is required by paragraph (c) of 
Section 1394.7851. 

(b) If the Board grants the application, it shall determine the 
quantity of gasoline which is essential to the applicant for accomplish¬ 
ment of the purpose or purposes stated from the date of its decision to 
the end of the period (not exceeding six months) for which such 
ration is sought, and shall issue to the applicant a coupon book or 
books of any appropriate class, except Class zY books, containing cou¬ 
pons in sufficient number to allow to the applicant the quantity of gas¬ 
oline determined by it to be essential on the basis of the current gallon- 
age value of a unit in such book. It shall mark “Special” any book 
which it so issues. It shall remove from the book and cancel any cou¬ 
pons in excess of the number representing the gallonage which it deter¬ 
mines should be granted in accordance with the provisions of this 
paragraph. 

(c) No Special ration may be issued for the operation of a vehicle 
if such operation violates any order of the Office of Defenso 
Transportation. 

NON-HIGHWAY RATIONS 

Section 1394.7901 Persons Entitled to Non-Highway Rations.— 

Any person who requires gasoline for a non-highway purpose may 
obtain a Non-Highway ration authorizing the acquisition of the 
amount of gasoline required for such purpose, except as provided in 
paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 1394.7904. Non-Highway rations 
shall be issued for three-month periods. 


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Section 1394.7902 Non-Highway Ration Books. — (a) Class E 
and Class R coupon books shall be issued as Non-Highway rations. 
Coupons in Class E and Class R books shall each have a value of one 
unit, and shall be valid for the transfer of gasoline to a non-highway 
consumer during the three-month period noted on such books by the 
Board. 

(b) Each Non-Highway ration book issued for use with a motor- 
boat for non-occupational purposes in the limitation area or in the 
States specified in paragraph (b) of Section 1394.7904 shall be so 
designated on the inside cover. 

Section 1394.7903 Application for Non-Highway Ration. — (a) 

Application for a Non-Highway ration may be made to a Board on 
or after November 12, 1942, on Form OPA R-537. Application may 
be signed by an agent. 

(b) The applicant shall state the amount of gasoline needed for 
non-highway use during the three-month period following the date on 
which such ration is required, and the non-highway purpose or pur¬ 
poses for which such gasoline is needed. 

Section 1394.7904 Issuance of Non-Highway Rations.— (a) The 
Board shall determine the amount of gasoline required for the three- 
month period referred to in paragraph (b) of Section 1394.7903, and, 
subject to the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, 
shall issue to the applicant one or more Class E or Class R books, or 
any combination of them, containing a sufficient number of coupons 
to enable the applicant to acquire the amount of gasoline so determined 
to be necessary for such period. The Board shall remove from the 
book and cancel any coupons in excess of the number allotted. 

(b) If application is made for a Non-Highway ration for use with 
an inboard motorboat or outboard motor operated wholly or in part 
for a non-occupational purpose within the limitation area or within any 
of the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, 
Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Mich¬ 
igan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, 
South Dakota, Nebraska or Kansas, the Board shall not allow for the 
non-occupational purpose an amount of gasoline in excess of the num¬ 
ber of gallons determined by the following formulae: 

(1) In the case of an inboard motorboat, the number of gallons 
equal to two times the manufacturer’s rated horsepower of the motor 
or motors, but in any event not more than one hundred and twenty- 
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(2) In the case of an outboard motor, the number of gallons equal 
to two and one-half times the manufacturer’s rated horsepower of 
such motor, but not in excess of twenty (20) gallons. 

The Board shall, in such case, issue a separate book for such non- 
occupational purpose, containing coupons in sufficient number to allow 
the quantity of gasoline so determined, and shall note on such book that 
it is issued for a non-occupational purpose. For purposes of this para¬ 
graph non-occupational uses shall include use of a motor boat or out¬ 
board motor for sightseeing, guiding pleasure parties or conducting 
fishing parties other than to procure fish for sale or processing. 

(c) If application is made for a Non-Highway ration for the oper¬ 
ation of a gasoline engine (other than an outboard motor or an engine 
used to operate an airplane or inboard motorboat) the Board shall not 
allow more than one-tenth of one gallon of gasoline for each horse¬ 
power hour of operation set forth in the application. 

(d) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of Section 1394.8103, no 
more than one non-occupational ration may be issued for an inboard 
motorboat or an outboard motor during any three-month period. 

(e) Each applicant for a Non-Highway ration who acquires such 
gasoline for consumption free from state motor fuel taxes, or who 
applies for refunds of such taxes paid with respect to gasoline used 
for non-highway purposes, shall execute the application for Non- 
Highway rations in duplicate. The Board shall transmit the duplicate 
copy of such application, with a record of its action thereon, through 
the State Director to the State Motor Fuel Tax Administration of the 
State in which the gasoline is to be procured. If after examination 
by the Tax Administrator of such application, unexplained discrep¬ 
ancies are noted between the amount of gasoline issued as a Non- 
Highway ration and the amount of gasoline as to which tax exemption 
is permitted or refunds of taxes made, such discrepancies shall be 
reported to the State Director of the Office of Price Administration for 
appropriate action. 

ISSUANCE OF COUPON BOOKS AND ACKNOWLEDG¬ 
MENTS OF DELIVERY BY THE OFFICE OF PRICE AD¬ 
MINISTRATION, WASHINGTON, D. C. 

Section 1394.7951 Issuance of Ration Books by the Office of 
Price Administration. — (a) Coupon books of all types designated 
in Ration Order No. 5C may be issued by the Office of Price Adminis¬ 
tration, Washington, D. C., in its discretion, to the Army, Navy, Ma¬ 
rine Corps, Coast Guard and the law-enforcement agencies of the 
United States, solely for the use of such agencies and for distribution 


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to and use by their officers, agents or employees in the performance of 
official duties which depend upon secrecy. 

(b) Any agency enumerated in paragraph (a) of this Section which 
requires coupon books for use by such officers, agents or employees, 
shall make written application therefor to the Office of Price Admin¬ 
istration, Washington, D. C., and shall state the number and type of 
books required, and the use for which such books are intended. 

(c) If it grants the application, the Office of Price Administration, 
Washington, D. C., will issue such books in blank. 

Section 1394.7952 Acknowledgments of Delivery. — (a) Forms 
OPA R-544 and OPA R-544 Revised, for Acknowledgment of Deliv¬ 
ery, to be used for the acquisition of gasoline by or on behalf of the 
Army, Navy. Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Maritime Commission and 
War Shipping Administration of the United States, will be issued by 
the Washington Office to the Washington Headquarters of such agen¬ 
cies. Any such form bearing the signature of an authorized officer, 
agent or employee of any such agencies shall be valid as an authoriza¬ 
tion of transfer of gasoline by any person to whom it is presented, to 
the extent of the gallonage thereon stated. 

(b) In the event that an Acknowledgment of Delivery form should 
not be available, gasoline may be transferred into the fuel tank of a 
motor vehicle clearly identifiable as owned by or leased to one of such 
agencies in exchange for an Emergency Acknowledgment on an official 
letterhead of the agency on whose behalf the gasoline is acquired, or 
on any other form if such a letterhead is unavailable, if such Emer¬ 
gency Acknowledgment supplies the information required by Form 
OPA R-544 Revised and is signed by an authorized officer, agent, or 
employee of such agency; such Emergency Acknowledgment shall 
show the address of the activity of the agency on whose behalf such 
Emergency Acknowledgment was issued. Such Emergency Ac¬ 
knowledgment may be used as an evidence for the purpose of 
replenishment by the transferor. 

(c) Any Board by which such Acknowledgments are received shall 
submit them within thirty (30) days to the activity of the agency 
named thereon, for verification. In the event any Acknowledgment 
or Emergency Acknowledgment is found by such agency to have been 
used improperly, or by an unauthorized person, the agency will imme¬ 
diately notify the Board from which it was received, and such Board 
shall notify the State Director or District Manager of such facts for 
appropriate action. 

(d) An Acknowledgment or other evidence shall be transmitted in 
exchange for all gasoline received directly by one of the agencies au- 


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thorized to use such Acknowledgment, even though part of such gaso¬ 
line may be intended for transfer to, or may be transferred to, a facility 
such as a Post Exchange or Ships’ Service Store for transfer to consum¬ 
ers for non-official use. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO ISSUANCE 
OF RATIONS AND TIRE INSPECTION RECORDS 

Section 1394.8001 Appearance before Boards.—The Board 
may require any applicant for a ration to appear before it for ex¬ 
amination and to produce such witnesses or evidence as it may deem 
material. 

Section 1394.8002 Presentation of Registration Card.— (a) Ex¬ 
cept as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no gasoline ration 
(other than a Transport, Official, Fleet or Non-Highway ration or a 
ration issued pursuant to Section 1394.7757 or pursuant to subpara¬ 
graphs (1) (iii) (iv) (v), (2) (i) (iv) and (3) of paragraph (b) of 
Section 1394.7851) shall be issued for any motor vehicle unless a 
registration card or registration certificate authorizing the operation 
of such vehicle during all or part of the period for which such ration 
is to be issued, is presented to the registrar or the Board, as the case 
may be. 

(b) If no registration card or registration certificate has been issued 
or is outstanding for such motor vehicle, but such motor vehicle is 
currently registered for operation on public highways under the law 
of the Federal government or of any State, territorial or foreign gov¬ 
ernment, the applicant may sign and submit a certification, on such 
form as may be designated by the Office of Price Administration, 
stating the reasons why no registration card or registration certificate 
is outstanding. If the Board (or the registrar) is satisfied that such 
motor vehicle is currently registered but that no registration card or 
registration certificate therefor has been issued or is outstanding, it 
may issue a gasoline ration for such vehicle. Such certification shall 
be filed with the application for such ration. 

Section 1394.8003 Notation on Registration Cards.—At the 
time of issuing a gasoline-ration in connection with which the presen¬ 
tation of a registration card is required pursuant to paragraph (a) of 
Section 1394.8002, the person issuing such ration shall make a clear 
notation in ink, indelible pencil, or by typewriter, on the back of the 
motor vehicle registration card or registration certificate presented 
by the applicant, showing the date of issuance, the class of ration and 
the serial number of the ration book (if any) issued. If a ration has 

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been issued on the basis of a temporary registration card or registration 
certificate, the applicant shall submit the permanent card or certificate, 
when issued, to a Board, for such notation. If a ration is issued with¬ 
out presentation of a registration card pursuant to the provisions of 
paragraph (b) of Section 1394.8002, no notation will be made at the 
time of issuance of the ration but the applicant shall submit such card, 
within five (5) days of issuance thereof, to a Board for such notation. 

Section 1394.8004 Notation on Ration Books, Applications and 
Coupons.— (a) At the time of issuance of any ration book for a regis¬ 
tered or commercial motor vehicle, the person issuing such book shall, 
unless an official or a fleet identification is used, make a clear notation 
on the cover thereof, in ink, indelible pencil or by typewriter, of the 
registration number, if any, of the vehicle for which it is issued, and 
the name and address of the owner of such vehicle. The Board shall 
make a notation on the cover of such book (other than a Basic book) 
and on the application therefor, of the date on which it becomes valid 
and of its expiration date. 

(b) At the time of issuance of a Non-Highway ration book, the 
Board shall make a clear notation on such book in ink, indelible 
pencil or by typewriter, of the name and address of the applicant 
and of the period during which such book shall be valid. Such period 
shall also be noted on the application. 

(c) The person to whom a ration book is issued for use with a 
motor vehicle (other than an interchangeable book issued for an offi¬ 
cial or a fleet vehicle) shall note on the face of such book in the space 
provided therefor the serial number of the Use Tax Stamp, if any, 
issued for such vehicle. 

(d) Each person to whom a ration book has heretofore been or 
is hereafter issued shall clearly write in ink (or in the case of inter¬ 
changeable coupon books issued for official or fleet vehicles, shall 
clearly write in ink or stamp in ink) on the reverse side of each coupon 
issued to him, before accepting a transfer of gasoline in exchange for 
such coupon, the following information: 

(1) In the case of A, B, C, D, T-l or T-2 books; the license number 
and state of registration of the vehicle for which, such ration was 
issued, except that in the case of interchangeable coupon books issued 
for official or fleet vehicles the information shall be the official or fleet 
designation (or the Certificate of War Necessity number in the case 
of commercial vehicles not bearing fleet designations) and the state 


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and city or town in which the principal office of the fleet operator is 
located. 

(-) In the case of E and R books or bulk coupons; his name and 
address as they appear on the front cover of the ration book. 

(e) Each person to whom bulk coupons have heretofore been or are 
hereafter issued shall clearly write his name and address in ink on the 
reverse side of each coupon issued to him, before accepting a transfer 
of gasoline in exchange for such coupon. 

Section 1394.8005 Change in Motor Vehicle Registration Num¬ 
ber.— (a) The holder of a ration book or Tire Inspection Record is¬ 
sued for a registered motor vehicle (other than a ration book bearing 
an official or a fleet identification) shall, upon any change in the regis¬ 
tration number of such vehicle, submit such ration book and Record 
either to an appropriate State motor vehicle registration official or to a 
Board for the purpose of having the notation thereon changed to corre¬ 
spond to the new registration number. The book or Record shall be 
submitted to such official at the time of issuance of the new registra¬ 
tion number, or to such Board within five (5) days thereafter; if such 
submission is made to a Board, the registration card or registration 
certificate (or in lieu thereof, an appropriate certification in such form 
as may be designated by the Office of Price Administration) evi¬ 
dencing the new registration number shall be presented with the 
book or Record. A State official to whom such book or Record is pre¬ 
sented may, and a Board to which such book or Record is presented 
shall, obliterate the registration number appearing thereon and note 
thereon, in ink, indelible pencil or by typewriter, the new registration 
number issued for such vehicle. Notation on such new registration 
card shall also be made, as prescribed in Section 1394.8003. Such 
notation shall be countersigned or initialed by the person making the 
change. 

(b) The holder of any book bearing an official or fleet identifica¬ 
tion shall upon any change in the name, identification or designation 
of such official or fleet vehicles, submit such book to the Board which 
issued it for appropriate modification. Upon ascertaining the new 
name, identification or designation of sufh official or fleet vehicles, the 
Board shall change the designation on such book to correspond thereto. 

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the con¬ 
tinued use of a ration book after a change in ownership of the vehicle 
for which it was issued. 


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Section 1394.8006 Authorization of Bulk Purchase. — (a) Any 

person who establishes to the satisfaction of a Board that he maintains 
a storage tank for supplying gasoline to one or more motor vehicles 
operated by him or for non-highway use, and that he has maintained 
such tank for such purposes prior to July 1, 1942, or that it has since 
become necessary to maintain a storage tank or to acquire gasoline in a 
tank, tank truck, drum, or other container for supplying gasoline to such 
vehicles or for such use, may, when applying for a ration, request the 
Board to issue such ration in the form of bulk coupons, or partly in 
bulk coupons and partly in coupon books. Such person may also request 
the Board to make a notation on any coupon books issued to him indi¬ 
cating that coupons in such books may be used for a bulk transfer of 
gasoline. 

(b) If applicant establishes the facts required by paragraph (a) 
hereof, the Board shall issue bulk coupons to the extent of the gallon- 
age allowed by it for which bulk coupons are requested: Provided, 
That, with respect to applications for Supplemental rations, or for 
Official or Fleet rations for passenger automobiles or motorcycles, as 
provided in Section 1394.7705 or 1394.7755, the Board shall first 
determine the type, number and expiration date of the coupon books 
to which the applicant is entitled; it shall then issue bulk coupons, to 
the extent requested by the applicant, having a gallonage value equal 
to the value in units of the coupons in the coupon books to which 
the applicant is entitled and in lieu of which such bulk coupons are 
issued; such bulk coupons shall expire on, and may not be used for 
the transfer of gasoline to a consumer after, the date on which such 
coupon books would expire: Provided further. That bulk coupons 
shall not be issued unless the applicant establishes the necessity for 
acquiring two hundred and fifty (250) gallons or more per month 
by bulk transfer. 

Section 1394.8007 Lost or Destroyed Coupons or Coupon 
Books. —(a) In the event of theft, accidental loss, destruction or 
mutilation of any coupon book or bulk coupons, the holder thereof 
may apply to the Board having jurisdiction under Section 1394.7602, 
for replacement thereof. * 

(b) Such application shall be made in writing, under oath or 
affirmation, and shall set forth: 

(1) The name and address of the applicant; 

(2) The class, date and place of issuance and expiration date 
of such book or coupons; 

(3) A description of the motor vehicle, boat, equipment or process 
for which the book or coupons were issued; 


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(4) A statement of the number and type of unused coupons so lost, 
destroyed or mutilated; 

(5) A description of the manner and circumstances of the theft, 
loss, destruction or mutilation. 

(c) If the Board is satisfied that such book or coupons have been 
stolen, lost or destroyed, or so damaged or mutilated as to be ren¬ 
dered unfit for use, it may, in its discretion, issue a duplicate book 
or duplicate bulk coupons of the same class and in the same quan¬ 
tity as those sought to be replaced; it shall clearly note on the cover 
of any duplicate book issued the same expiration date, if any, that 
appeared on the original book. 

(d) No person receiving a duplicate book or coupons under para¬ 
graph (c) hereof shall use, attempt to use, or permit the use of the 
original book or coupons, but shall surrender such original book or 
coupons, if damaged or mutilated, to the Board at the time of issu¬ 
ance of the duplicate book; in the event that a stolen book or stolen 
coupons are recovered, or a lost book or lost coupons are found after 
duplicates have been issued, such original book or coupons shall be 
surrendered to the Board forthwith. 

Section 1394.8008 Disposition of Lost Coupon Books.—(a) 
Any person who finds a gasoline coupon book, coupon or other evi¬ 
dence shall, within five (5) days, surrender such coupon book, coupon 
or other evidence to a Board. 

(b) The Board to which a coupon book, coupon or other evidence 
is surrendered pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall forward 
such coupon book, coupon or other evidence through the State Director 
to the Board having jurisdiction over the issuance thereof. The Board 
having jurisdiction shall return such coupon book, coupon or other 
evidence to the person to whom it was originally issued, or, if a 
duplicate thereof has already been issued, shall destroy such coupon 
book, coupon or other evidence. 

Section 1394.8009 Issuance of Tire Inspection Records.—(a) 
Upon the issuance of any Basic, Official or Fleet ration (or a ration 
issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1394.7757) during the 
period between November 9,1942 and December 12, 1942, inclusive, the 
Board or Registrar, as the case may he, shall issue one Tire Inspection 
Record on Part B of Form OPA R-534 for each vehicle for which a 
ration is issued unless a Tire Inspection Record has previously been 
issued for such vehicle. 

(b) During the period between November 9, 1942 and December 12, 
1942, inclusive, the registered owner (or an agent of the registered 
owner, as provided in Section 1394.7653) of a motor vehicle for which 
a Basic ration has been issued pursuant to Ration Order No. 5A may 


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apply on Form OP A R-534 for a Tire Inspection Record. The ap¬ 
plicant shall set forth the serial numbers of the tires mounted (includ¬ 
ing one spare per motor vehicle) on the vehicle for which the Tire 
Inspection Record is sought. The Board shall issue one Tire Inspec¬ 
tion Record for each vehicle for which a Basic ration has been issued 
pursuant to Ration Order No. 5A '. Provided, That no such Record 
shall be issued unless the registered owner or, under the conditions 
permitted by paragraph (b) of Section 1394.7653, an agent of the 
registered owner, certifies as required by the application that no pas¬ 
senger-type tires (excluding motorcycle tires but including scrap tires) 
are owned by the registered owner of the vehicle or by any person 
living in the household of the registered owner and related to him 
by blood, marriage or adoption, other than tires reported on Form 
OPA R-17 or R-17 Revised or reported by a manufacturer to the 
War Production Board, or tires mounted (including one spare per 
motor vehicle) on motor vehicles or equipment. 

(c) During the period between November 9, 1912 and December 12, 
1942, inclusive, the registered owner or a responsible representative of 
the registered owner of a fleet vehicle for which a Fleet ration has been 
issued pursuant to Ration Order No. 5A, or a person to whom a ration 
has been issued pursuant to Section 1394.1309 of Ration Order No. 5A, 
may make application on Form OPA R-551 for a Tire Inspection Rec¬ 
ord. The applicant shall set forth the number of vehicles for which 
such rations are outstanding, the number and serial numbers of the tires 
mounted (including one spare per motor vehicle) on each such vehicle, 
and shall execute the certificate with respect to tires owned by the regis¬ 
tered owner of the vehicles for which such Fleet rations have been 
issued (or, in the case of a ration issued pursuant to Section 1394.1309 
of Ration Order No. 5A with respect to tires owned by the owner of 
the vehicle). The Board shall issue one Tire Inspection Record for 
each such vehicle as to which there is outstanding a currently valid 
ration pursuant to Ration Order No. 5A: Provided, That no Tire In¬ 
spection Record shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of this 
paragraph unless the registered owner or a responsible representative 
of the registered owner (or, in the case of a ration issued pursuant to 
Section 1394.1309 of Ration Order No. 5A, the person to whom the 
ration was issued) certifies, as required by the application, that the 
registered owner of the vehicle or vehicles described in the application 
(or, in the case of a ration issued pursuant to Section 1394.1309 of 
Ration Order No. 5A, the owner of the vehicle owns no passenger type 
tires (excluding motorcycle tires but including scrap tires) other than 
tires reported on Form OPA R-17 or R-17 Revised, or reported by a 


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manufacturer to the War Production Board, or tires mounted (includ¬ 
ing one spare per motor vehicle) on motor vehicles or equipment. 

(d) After December 12. 1942, no Tire Inspection Record shall be 
applied for pursuant to this section unless the applicant shows good 
cause why such Record was not applied for on or before December 
12, 1942. 

Section 1394.8010 Presentation of Tire Inspection Records and 
Records Required to be maintained by Office of Defense Trans¬ 
portation.—(a) After December 12, 1942, no Supplemental, Official 
or Fleet ration or ration issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 
1394.7757 shall be issued or renewed unless the applicant presents to 
the Board a Tire Inspection Record on Part B of Form OPA R-534 
for each vehicle for which a ration is sought indicating that odometer 
readings have been taken and that the tires on such vehicle have been 
inspected and approved in accordance with the requirements of Ration 
Order No 1A: Provided , That in the event the applicant shows that 
the required readings, inspections or approvals could not be taken, 
made or obtained, because of the serious illness of the applicant or the 
physical condition or location of the vehicle, the Board may in its 
discretion issue a ration if the current inspection shows no evidence of 
abuse or neglect of any of the tires upon the vehicle. 

(b) On and after March 1,1943, no Transport Ration shall be issued 
for use with a motor vehicle for the operation of which a Certificate of 
War Necessity is required unless the applicant presents to the Board a 
Record of Inspections or a Certificate as to Inspections showing in¬ 
spections as required by the Office of Defense Transportation. 

Section 1394.8011 Denial of Rations (a) No person whose name 
has been recorded by a Board, in accordance with the provisions 
of Section 1394.4G of Ration Order No. 5 or Section 1394.1406 of Ration 
Order No. 5A for refusal to surrender a ration card, book, coupon or 
other evidences upon direction of the Board, or for failure or refusal, 
without good cause shown, to appear before such Board for examina¬ 
tion, shall be entitled to obtain a ration of any type under Ration Order 
No. 5C, while his name remains thus recorded. 

(b) Any Board which has reason to believe that any applicant 
for a ration has used a Special ration issued under Ration Order No. 
5A or Ration Order No. 5C for a purpose other than that for which 
such ration was issued, or used any other ration issued under Ration 
Order No. 5A or Ration Order No. 5C for a purpose other than one 
for which such ration could be obtained under Ration Order No. 5A 
or Ration Order No. 5C, or has violated the provisions of Sections 
1391.8171, 1394.8175, or 1394.8181. may refuse to issue a ration to or 
renew a ration of any such applicant and may declare that he shall not 


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be eligible to receive a ration for such period as it shall deem appro¬ 
priate in the public interest. In any such case of refusal to issue or 
renew a ration, the Board shall serve upon such person a written state¬ 
ment of the grounds upon which the ration was denied, and shall state 
therein the effective period of such denial. 

Section 1394.8012 Earliest Effective Bate of Rations.—Not¬ 
withstanding any other provision of Ration Order No. 5C, no ration 
shall be issued pursuant to Ration Order No. 5C for use prior to 
November 22, 1942. 

Section 1394.8013 Consumer Declaration of Gasoline on 
Hand.—A Board may require any applicant for a Supplemental, 
Fleet, Official, Transport or Non-Highway ration to set forth on his 
application the amount of gasoline held by him other than gasoline 
in the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle, motorboat or equipment, 
and other than gasoline held by a dealer or distributor for transfer, or 
gasoline obtained in exchange for valid coupons or other evidences. 
No deduction may be made by the Board in issuing a ration on account 
of any such gasoline on hand. 

RENEWAL OF RATIONS AND ISSUANCE OF FURTHER 

RATIONS 

Section 1394.8051 Renewal of Rations.—(a) Rations shall ex¬ 
pire as provided in Section 1394.8054 (b), 1394.8102, and 1394.8103. 
At any time within thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of any 
ration, or at any time thereafter, application for a renewal of a ration 
may be made. Such application shall be made in the same manner as 
the original application, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this 
section. 

(b) If there have been no substantial changes since the date of the 
original application in the applicant’s gasoline needs, or in the nature, 
amount, and conditions of use of the motor vehicle for which the 
original ration was issued, and if such original application accurately 
calculated the applicant’s requirements, application for a renewal 
thereof (except in the case of a Basic, Special or Transport ration) 
may be made by executing the renewal certificate on such original ap¬ 
plication. The applicant shall in such case note on such renewal cer¬ 
tificate any changes in the nature or amount of his use since the date 
of the original application. An applicant may renew a Transport 
ration by filling in the pertinent information on the face of the form 
for the period for which the ration is required and executing the 
renewal certificate: Provided , That if the Certificate of War Necessity, 


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it‘ any, effective at the time of the original ration, has been revoked or 
modified in any manner the applicant shall execute a new application. 

(c) When renewing a ration prior to the expiration date of a cur¬ 
rent ration of the same class, the Board shall note on the application 
and on the front cover of the coupon book (if any) representing such 
renewed ration the date on which such book shall become valid. Such 
date shall be the day following the expiration date of the current 
ration. 

(d) Except as provided in Sections 1304.8052 and 1304.8053, no 
ration of any class may be renewed for use prior to (or may be used 
prior to) the expiration of the current ration of the same class. 

Section 1394.8052 Issuance of Further Ration for Use Prior to 
Expiration Date of Current Ration.—(a) Any person who finds 
that, due to a change in occupation or in the location of place of busi¬ 
ness or residence, or other change in circumstances, or due to seasonal 
variation in the amount of occupational mileage needed, or miscal¬ 
culation of needs, a ration of any class (other than a Basic ration) 
issued to him fails to meet his requirements, may apply for a further 
ration of such class for use prior to the expiration date of his current 
ration. Such application shall be made in the same manner as the 
application for the current ration. 

(b) The applicant shall append to the application a statement 
showing: 

(1) That the current ration is insufficient to meet his needs for 
more than thirty (30) days from the date of the application; 

(2) The reason or reasons why a further ration will be needed for 
use prior to the expiration date of the current ration. 

(c) If the Board determines that, for one or more of the reasons 
specified in paragraph (a) of this section, more mileage is needed or, 
in the case of a Non-Highway ration, more gasoline is required, than 
that stated in the application on the basis of which the current ration 
was issued, it may grant a further ration in accordance with the pro¬ 
visions of paragraph (b) of Section 1394.8054. 

(d) No further Supplemental ration under Section 1394.7705, or 
Official or Fleet ration under Section 1394.7755, or Non-Highway ra¬ 
tion, shall l)e granted, pursuant to this section, which would permit the 
applicant to exceed the maximum mileage or gallonage to which he 
would l>e entitled under the provisions of paragraph (b) of Section 
1394.7704, or paragraph (b) of Section 1394.7754, or Section 1394.7904 
as the case may be. No further Transport ration shall be granted pur¬ 
suant to this section which would allow a vehicle or fleet for the oper¬ 
ation of which a Certificate of War Necessity is required more gasoline 


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than the maximum amount authorized by the Certificate of War Neces¬ 
sity issued for such vehicle or fleet. 

Section 1394.8053 Special Cases— (a) Any person to whom a 
ration of a class specified in paragraph (b) of this section has been 
issued, who finds that the vehicle or vehicles for which such ration 
was granted cannot be operated for fifteen (15) miles (or, in the case 
of a motorcycle, for forty (40) miles) or more on a gallon of gasoline, 
may apply for a further ration for use prior to the expiration of such 
current ration. 

(b) Such application shall be made in the same manner as the appli¬ 
cation for the current ration and may be granted only if such current 
ration is in one of the following categories: 

(1) A Supplemental ration based on an allowed mileage in excess 
of 470 miles per month; 

(2) An Official or Fleet ration, issued pursuant to Section 1394.7755. 

(3) A Transport ration other than one issued on the basis of a Cer¬ 
tificate of War Necessity. 

(c) The applicant shall append to the application a statement 
showing: 

(1) That the current ration is insufficient to meet his needs for more 
than thirty (30) days from the date of the application; 

(2) The nature of the use of the vehicle or vehicles for which the 
further ration is sought and the driving conditions under which such 
vehicle or vehicles are operated; 

(3) The reason or reasons why a further ration is sought for use 
prior to the expiration of the current ration; 

(4) That the vehicle or vehicles for which the application is made 
are in sound mechanical condition and are being operated in such 
manner as to secure maximum economy of gasoline. 

(cl) If the Board determines that the vehicle or vehicles for which 
application is made are being operated in such fashion as to obtain 
the maximum mileage per gallon of gasoline reasonably possible, it 
may grant a further ration in accordance with the provisions of para¬ 
graph (b) of Section 1394.8054. 

(e) No further Supplemental ration under Section 1394.7705, or 
Official or Fleet ration under Section 1394.7755, shall be granted, pur¬ 
suant to this section, which would permit the applicant to exceed the 
maximum mileage to which he would be entitled under the provisions 
of paragraph (b) of Section 1394.7704, or paragraph (b) of Section 
1394 7754, as the case may be. 

Section 1394.8054 General Provisions. — (a) All of the provisions 
of Ration Order No. 5C applicable to the issuance of an original 


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ration shall apply to the renewal of a ration and to the issuance of a 
further ration pursuant to Sections 1394.8051, 1394.8052 and 1394.8053, 
except as otherwise expressly provided in those sections. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, when 
granting a further ration for use prior to the original expiration date 
of a current ration, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1394.8052 or 
Section 1394.8053, the Board shall redetermine the expiration date of 
such current .ration. Such redetermination shall be based on the 
Board s estimate of the date on which such current ration will be 
exhausted. r Ihe Board shall thereupon note such redetermined 
expiration date on the application for such current ration and on the 
coupon books issued therefor. The redetermined date shall be ’deemed 
the expiration date of such current ration for all the purposes of 
Ration Order No. 5C. The further ration shall then be issued in 
accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of Section 1394.8051. 

(c) When granting a further ration as a Transport ration for use 
prior to the expiration date of the current ration the Board shall allow 
subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) of Section 1394.8052, the 
amount of gasoline required by the applicant prior to the expiration 
of the calendar quarterly period during which the further ration is 
to be used. 

EXPIRATION, REVOCATION AND REDETERMINATION 
OF RATIONS 

Section 1394.8101 Surrender of Expired Coupons. — (a) No ra¬ 
tion may be used and no coupon book shall be valid for the trans¬ 
fer of gasoline to a consumer after the expiration thereof. 

(b) The person to whom a ration has been issued shall, within 
five (5) days after the expiration thereof, surrender to the issuing 
Board all unused coupons representing such ration. 

Section 1394.8102 Expiration of Rations.—All Basic rations 
shall expire at midnight, July 21', 1943. All Transport rations shall 
expire at midnight of the last day of the calendar quarterly period 
for which they are issued except that Transport rations issued for 
use prior to January 1, 1943, shall expire at midnight, March 31, 
1943. Other rations shall expire as noted on the books or applications. 

Section 1394.8103 Expiration of Rations Upon Cessation of 
Use, Change in Ownership, Revocation of Certificates of War Ne¬ 
cessity.— (a) Upon cessation of use or change of ownership of any 
vehicle, boat or equipment, any ration issued for such vehicle, boat 
or equipment shall expire and all unused coupons and books issued 
therefor shall, within five (5) days after such cessation or change, 




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be surrendered to the issuing Board, by the person to whom such 
ration was issued. The transferee of such vehicle, boat or equip¬ 
ment may apply for a ration therefor on his own behalf, in accord¬ 
ance with the applicable provisions of Ration Order No. 5C: Pro¬ 
vided, That such transferee may not obtain a ration unless a bona 
-fide transfer is involved. 

(b) Upon cessation of use of a ration (other than a Basic ration) 
for a purpose for which such ration may be obtained, such ration 
shall expire and all unused coupons and books issued therefor shall, 
within five (5) days after such cessation, be surrendered to the 
issuing Board by the person to whom such ration was issued. 

(c) tJpon revocation by the Office of Defense Transportation 
of any Certificate of War Necessity all rations issued for use with 
the vehicle or vehicles to which such certificate pertains shall expire. 

Section 1394.8104 Coupon Books Property of Office of Price 
Administration; Summary Revocations.— (a) All coupon books, 
bulk coupons, inventory coupons, and other evidences are, and when 
issued shall remain, the property of the Office of Price Administration. 
The Office of Price Administration may refuse to issue, and may sus¬ 
pend, cancel, revoke, or recall any ration and may require the surrender 
and return of any coupon book, bulk coupon, inventory coupons or 
other evidences during suspension or pursuant to revocation or can¬ 
cellation, whenever it deems it to be in the public interest to do so. 

(b) Upon certification by the Office of Defense Transportation that 
any person to whom a ration has been issued has been found by it to 
have violated an order of such Office, and upon recommendation by 
such Office that a ration or any part thereof, issued to such person, 
be revoked, the Office of Price Administration may revoke such 
ration, or such part thereof, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 
(a) of this section. 

(c) In the event that any person to whom a ration has been issued 
is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of driving a motor 
vehicle at a speed in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour, the 
issuing Board, upon receipt of a certified copy of the judgment of 
conviction or other official certification as to the fact of such con¬ 
viction, may revoke the ration of such person and order such person 
to surrender to it all of his coupons or coupon books. 

(d) Any ration issued to a person not entitled thereto on the basis 
of the facts stated in the application, may be revoked by the issuing 
Board, and the Board may order that any coupons or coupon books 
issued therefor be surrendered. If the Board finds that the holder 


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is entitled to a ration of a different class or quantity than that issued, 
it shall issue such ration in lieu of the ration revoked. 

Section 1394.8105. Revocation of Ration after Hearing.—(a) 

When any Board has reason to believe that any holder of a ration has 
used a Special ration issued under Ration Order No. 5A or Ration 
Order No. 5C for a purpose other than that for which such ration was 
issued,or used any other ration issued under Ration Order No. 5A or Ra¬ 
tion Order No. 5C for a purpose other than one for which such ration 
could be obtained under Ration Order No. 5A or Ration Order No. 5C, 
or has violated the provisions of Sections 1394.8171, 1394.8175, or 
1394.8181, it, or any other Board acting at its request, may serve written 
notice of hearing upon such person. Such notice shall be served at least 
three days prior to the date fixed for such hearing. The notice shall 
state the time and place of the hearing, the charges against the holder 
of the ration, and the purpose for which the hearing is to be held. If 
the holder of the ration admits the charges or fails to appear at the 
hearing, or if the Board determines on the basis of the evidence pre¬ 
sented before it at the hearing that such person has committed any 
of the acts specified above, the Board shall by order revoke, for 
a period which shall be stated therein, the rations issued to him 
in whole or in part and direct him to surrender to it the coupons or 
coupon books issued to him to the extent required to make such revo¬ 
cation effective: Provided, That if any person whose ration was re¬ 
voked for failure to appear at the hearing shows good cause to the 
Board for’ such failure, within five days from the effective date 
of the order, the revocation of his ration shall be cancelled and the 
Board shall grant him a full hearing on the charges made. A 
copy of the order of revocation shall promptly be served on the 
holder of a ration personally or by mail directly to his last known 
address, and copies thereof shall be sent to the District and State 
offices which have jurisdiction over the area in which the Board is 
located. Such order shall, if personally served, become effective 
twenty-four (24) hours after such service, and if served by mail, 
three (3) days after the date of mailing. The Board may desig¬ 
nate one or more of its members to perform the functions prescribed 
in this paragraph. 

(b) Any person against whom an order has been issued pursuant to 
the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section may, within five (5) 
ilays after the effective date thereof, request a hearing on the charges 
and a review of such order by filing a statement of objections to the 
order with the Board which issued it. Within three (3) days after 


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receipt of the statement the Board shall forward it, together with the 
application and a copy of the notice served to the District Office, or if 
there is no District Office with jurisdiction over the area in which the 
Board is located, to the State Director. Within three (3) days after 
receipt of such statement from the Board the District Manager, or 
the State Director, as the case may be, shall set a date for a hearing 
on the charges and at least three (3) days prior to the hearing notify 
the holder of the ration personally or by registered mail directed to his 
last known address of the time and place set for the hearing. Such 
hearing shall be conducted by a presiding officer appointed by the 
Regional Administrator or by such person as he may designate to make 
such appointment. The presiding officer may administer oaths and 
affirmations and rule on the admission and exclusion of evidence. The 
provisions of paragraphs (b) (3) and (4) of Section 1394.8109 shall 
apply in the conduct of such hearing. 

If after such hearing it is determined by the District Manager, or 
State Director (as the case may be), that the ration holder has used a 
Special ration for a purpose other than that for which it was issued 
or any other ration for a purpose other than the one for which such 
ration could be obtained or has violated the provisions of Sections 
1394.8171, 1394.8175 or 1394.8181, he shall affirm the order or modify 
it to provide for such revocation in whole or in part as he shall deem 
appropriate. If he. finds that the charges have not been proved he 
shall rescind the order. A copy of his decision shall promptly be 
served upon the person against whom the order was issued and upon 
the Board. 

(c) The District Manager or the State Director, as the case may be, 
may for good cause shown upon application by the holder of the 
ration, stay or suspend the operation of any order issued pursuant to 
the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section pending the hearing 
and determination of the proceedings provided for in paragraph (b) 
hereof. 

(d) An appeal from an affirmance or modification of the order of the 
Board may be taken by the holder of the ration by filing in the Office of 
the Secretary, Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C., a 
notice of appeal, which may be accompanied by any affidavits or briefs 
which the person filing the notice desires to submit. Within a reason¬ 
able time after the filing of the notice of appeal, the Administrator, 
or such person as he may designate for such purpose, shall affixm, 
modify, rescind or stay the order, or direct that a further hearing be 
held. 


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(e) Whenever an order issued by a Board pursuant to the provi¬ 
sions of this section has been rescinded or modified, the Board shall, if 
any part of the ration has been surrendered, reissue all or part of such 
ration for the remaining portion of the period for which such ration 
was originally issued, or shall order the surrender of additional evi¬ 
dences, in accordance with the decision modifying such order. 

Section 1394.8101) Effective Period of Order Revoking Ration.— 
Whenever any Board, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1394.8104 
(b) or (c) or 1394.8105 (a), has revoked the ration of a ration holder 
in whole or in part, no ration shall be issued to such person or to any 
other persons for his use, and no ration theretofore issued to him or 
to any other person for his use shall be renewed during the period of 
such revocation, except in accordance with the provisions of such 
order, or as otherwise provided in Ration Order No. 5C. 

Section 1394.8107 Restoration of Revoked Rations Upon Ap¬ 
plication.—A person whose ration has been revoked in whole or in 
part and who has surrendered coupons and coupon books to any 
Board as required by an order of the Board pursuant to the pro¬ 
visions of Section 1394.8104 (c) or 1394.8105 (a) may apply in writ¬ 
ing to the State Director for a restoration of his ration. Such applica¬ 
tion shall be granted if the State Director finds that the violation on 
the basis of which such ration has been revoked was excusable under 
the circumstances, or that the reissuance of the ration is necessary to 
the w T ar effort or in the interest of public health or safety. In such 
case, the State Director shall direct the Board which revoked such 
ration to issue to such person, and such Board shall issue, any ration to 
which he may be entitled under the provisions of Ration Order No. 5C. 

Section 1394.8108 Presentation of Registration Cards Upon 
Revocation of Ration and Notations Thereon.—Whenever a ration 
is revoked in whole or in part and the person to whom such ration has 
been issued is directed to surrender any coupons or coupon books pur¬ 
suant to the provisions of Ration Order No. 5C, such person shall, if the 
ration was issued for the operation of a motor vehicle, present the reg¬ 
istration card or registration certificate, if any, of the motor vehicle for 
which such ration was issued, at the time of surrendering to the Board 
such coupons or coupon books. The Board shall make a clear notation 
in ink, indelible pencil, or by typewriter on the back of the motor 
vehicle registration card or certificate stating that such ration has been 
revoked, or, if it has been revoked in part, the extent to which it has 
been revoked. 

Section 1394.8109 Authority of Regional Administrators, State 
Directors and District Managers to Suspend and Revoke Rations 


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and Require the Surrender of Coupon Books and Coupons. —(a) 

The several Regional Administrators of the Office of Price Adminis¬ 
tration within their respective regions, and such State Directors or Dis¬ 
trict Managers as may be designated by the Regional Administrators 
for such purpose, are authorized to determine whether any ration, 
coupon book, or any bulk, inventory, or other coupon (whether or not 
such book was issued as a ration book and whether or not such coupon 
was issued as a ration or as part of a ration book) should be sus¬ 
pended, cancelled, revoked, recalled, or surrendered, and may, after 
a hearing held in accordance with the provisions of this section, sus¬ 
pend, cancel, revoke, recall, or require the surrender of any such ration, 
coupon book, or coupon in any case in which the Regional Adminis¬ 
trator, State Director, or District Manager, as the case may be, finds 
either: 

(1) That a ration holder was not entitled to receive the ration 
issued; or 

(2) That a ration holder has violated any provision of Ration Order 
No. 5A or 5C; or 

(3) That a person has transferred, assigned, received or accepted, 
or has in his possession any coupon book or coupon (whether or not 
such book was issued as a ration book and whether or not. such coupon 
was issued as a ration or a part of a ration book) otherwise than in 
accordance with the provisions of Ration Order No. 5A or 5C. 

(b) (1) The hearing shall be conducted by a presiding officer who 
shall be appointed or designated by the Regional Administrator or such 
person as he may authorize to make such appointment or designation. 
The presiding officer shall preside at the hearing, administer oaths 
and affirmations, and rule on the admission and exclusion of evidence. 

(2) Notice of any hearing to be held pursuant to this Section 
shall be served on the respondent not less than three (3) days prior 
to such hearing. The notice shall state the time and place of the 
hearing, the charges against the respondent, and the purpose for 
which the hearing is to be held. 

(3) The hearing shall be conducted by the presiding officer in such 
manner as will permit the respondent to present evidence and argu¬ 
ment to the fullest extent compatible with fair and expeditious de¬ 
termination of the issues raised in the hearing. To this end: 

(i) The respondent shall have the right to be represented by coun¬ 
sel of his own choosing; 

(ii) The rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity 
shall not be controlling; 


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(iii) The presiding officer, having due regard to the need for ex¬ 
peditious decision, shall afford reasonable opportunity for cross- 
examination of witnesses. 

(4) A stenographic transcript of the hearing shall be made, a copj r 
of which shall be made available to the respondent at his. request 
upon the payment of a reasonable fee. 

(5) A copy of any order issued pursuant to this section shall 
promptly be served on the respondent. 

(c) Any holder of a ration against whom an order is issued pur¬ 
suant to the provisions of this section, on the ground that he was not 
entitled to such ration on the basis of the facts stated in the 
application, may appeal to the Regional Administrator from an or¬ 
der of a District Manager or State Director, and to the Deputy Ad¬ 
ministrator in charge of Rationing from an order or decision of the 
Regional Administrator on such appeal. In making any such ap¬ 
peal the appellant shall file with the official who issued the order 
appealed from, a statement in writing setting forth his objections 
to the decision and the grounds for the appeal. The statement must 
be filed not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of the 
decision. Within five (5) days after receipt of the statement, such 
official shall send it to the ’official appealed to together with the en¬ 
tire record. The official appealed to may request the appellant to ap¬ 
pear before him or to furnish such additional information as he 
may deem pertinent and shall render his decision on the appeal within 
five (5) days after receipt of the statement and record, and, in cases 
of apparent emergency, within twenty-four (24) hours, if possible. 
He shall promptly notify the appellant, in writing, of his decision. 

(cl) Any person against whom an order is issued pursuant to the 
provisions of this section on any ground other than that set forth in 
paragraph (c) of this section may file in the Office of the Secretary, 
Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C., a petition for re¬ 
consideration of such order. Such petition may be accompanied by 
any affidavits or briefs which the person filing such petition desires to 
submit. Within a reasonable time after the filing of a petition for 
reconsideration, the Administrator, or such person as he may desig¬ 
nate for such purpose, shall affirm, modify, rescind, or stay such order, 
or direct that a further hearing be held thereon. 

Section 1394.8110 Redetermination of Rations Other Than 
Basic and Transport Rations in Connection with Applications for 
Tires, Tubes, or Recapping Service—When application is made by 
the holder of a Supplemental, Fleet or Official ration, or a ration issued 


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pursuant to Section 1394.7757 of Ration Order No. 5C or Section 
1394.1309 of Ration Order No. 5A, for a recapping service or for a tire 
or tube, the Board shall reconsider the application on the basis of 
which such ration was issued to determine whether the applicant is 
entitled, pursuant to Ration Order No. 5C, to the ration held by him. 
If such application is not available at the Board the Board shall 
require the applicant to file a new application. If the Board finds 
the applicant to be entitled, under Ration Order No. 5C to a ration 
of a different class or different allowed mileage than the ration held by 
him it shall require the applicant to surrender such ration and shall is¬ 
sue a ration of the class and mileage to which the Board finds the appli¬ 
cant to be entitled. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT 
TO TRANSFERS AND USE 

RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS 

Section 1394.8151 Restriction on Transfer to Consumers.—On 
and after November 22, 1942, and notwithstanding the terms of any 
contract, agreement, or commitment, regardless of when made, no 
person other than a dealer or distributor shall transfer or offer to 
transfer gasoline to a consumer, and no consumer shall accept a trans¬ 
fer of gasoline from a person other than a dealer or distributor, except 
as provided in Sections 1394.8157, 1394.8158, and 1394.8210. 

Section 1394.8152 Transfers to Consumers.—On and after No¬ 
vember 22, 1942, and notwithstanding the terms of any contract, 
agreement, or commitment, regardless of when made, a dealer or dis¬ 
tributor may transfer gasoline to a consumer, and a consumer may 
accept such transfer of gasoline, only in exchange for valid coupons, 
except as provided in Sections 1394.8154, 1394.8155, and 1394.8156. 

Section 1394.8153 Transfers to Consumers in Exchange for 
Coupons.— (a) Coupons in Boohs Issued for Registered and Com¬ 
mercial Motor Vehicles. —Transfer may be made and accepted in 
exchange for coupons contained in Class A, B, C, D, T-l, or T-2 
books, only under the following conditions: 

(1) At the time of transfer, the transferor must require presenta¬ 
tion of the coupon book and must detach therefrom coupons having 
an aggregate unit value equal to the amount of gasoline transferred: 
Provided , That if the transferee is able to accept only a portion of the 
amount of gasoline represented by the unit value of a coupon, the 
transferor shall nevertheless detach an entire coupon. No transfer 
may be made pursuant to this paragraph in exchange for a coupon 


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detached prior to the presentation of the coupon book to the trans¬ 
feror. 

(2) Transfer may be made only into the fuel tank of a motor 
vehicle identified on the coupon book presented and only if a sticker 
corresponding to the class of book presented and conspicuously dis¬ 
played on such vehicle, as required by the provisions of Section 
1894.8165, except that on presentation of a Class A book, transfer 
may be made into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle on which a Class B, 
or C sticker is displayed: Provided, That if such book bears a nota* 
tion by a Board indicating that bulk transfer is authorized, a bulk 
transfer may be made in exchange for coupons in such book: Pro¬ 
vided further, That bulk transfer may also be made, of an amount of 
gasoline not in excess of one unit, to enable a vehicle stranded for 
lack of fuel to reach a source of supply; in such case the transferor 
shall retain the ration book presented until the vehicle is brought to 
the place of4ransfer for identification. 

(3) Transfer may be made only during the valid period noted on 
the cover of the book presented or, in the case of a Class A book, only 
during the period of validity of the coupon in exchange for which 
the transfer is to be made. 

(4) Transfer may be made only in exchange for coupons bearing 
the notations required by Section 1394.8004 (d). 

(b) Coupons in Non-Highway Books .—Bulk transfer may be 
made in exchange for coupons contained in Class E and R books, 
under the following conditions; 

(1) At the time of transfer, the transferor must require presenta¬ 
tion of the coupon book and must detach therefrom coupons having 
an aggregate unit value equal to the number of gallons of gasoline 
transferred. No transfer may be made pursuant to this paragraph in 
exchange for a coupon detached prior to the presentation of the 
coupon book to the transferor. 

(2) No transfer in exchange for coupons in a Class E or R book 
may be made into the fuel tank of, or knowingly made for use in, a 
registered motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, or a motor vehicle 
held by a motor vehicle dealer for sale or resale or operated on dealer 
or other interchangeable plates, nor shall any such transfer be made 
into, or knowingly made for use in, the fuel supply tank of machin¬ 
ery or equipment mounted on a commercial motor vehicle. 

(3) Transfer may be made only in exchange for coupons bearing 
the notations required by Section 1394.8004 (d). 

(c) Bulk coupons.— 1 Transfer may be made in exchange for bulk 
coupons as follows: 


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(1) The transferor must require surrender, at the time of trans¬ 
fer, of bulk coupons having a value in gallons equal to the num¬ 
ber of gallons of gasoline transferred: Provided , That in the case 
of any delivery made in the absence of the transferor or his agent, 
by barge, pipe line, tank car, or other carrier, or in the absence 
of the transferee or his agent, coupons need not be surrendered simul¬ 
taneously with delivery, but must be forwarded by the transferee to 
the transferor within seven (7) days after delivery. 

(2) Transfer may be made only in exchange for coupons bearing 
the notations required by Section 1394.8004 (e). 

Section 1394.8154 Transfers in Exchange for Acknowledgment 
of Delivery. —Transfer may be made in exchange for an Acknowl¬ 
edgment of Delivery, on Form OPA R-544, or OPA R-544 Revised, or 
in exchange for an Emergency Acknowledgment issued in lieu thereof, 
in accordance with the provisions of Section 1394.7952. 

Section 1394.8155 Transfers for Export. — (a) Any person 
(other than a licensed distributor) who desires to obtain gasoline for 
export to any insular or territorial possession of the United States, or 
to any foreign country, may execute and submit Part A of an Export 
Certificate on Form OPA R-560, in duplicate, to any Board. Such 
certificate shall state the amount of gasoline required for export, the 
proposed date and port of exportation and the name and address of 
the person desiring to export the gasoline. The Board shall retain the 
duplicate copy of the certificate and shall endorse and return the 
original copy to such person. The original copy, bearing the endorse¬ 
ment of the Board, shall constitute an evidence to authorize the trans¬ 
fer of the amount of gasoline stated thereon: Provided , That such 
certificate bearing the endorsement of an authorized official of the 
Federal government or any agency thereof shall be valid without en¬ 
dorsement by a Board, as an evidence to authorize the transfer to such 
government or agency for the purpose of export, or for re-transfer by 
such government or agency for such purpose. 

(b) Within thirty (30) days after submission to and endorsement 
of such certificate by a Board, the person who has acquired gasoline 
pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section shall submit 
to the Board which endorsed the certificate, a copy of a Shippers’ 
Export Declaration (Commerce Form 7525) bearing the notation of an 
authorized customs official that to the best of his knowledge and belief 
the amount of gasoline thereon stated has been exported. The Board 
shall attach the copy of the declaration submitted to the copy of the 
certificate on file. If the Board is not satisfied with the authenticity 


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of the copy of the declaration, or in the event none has been presented 
to the Board within thirty (30) days after endorsement of the certifi¬ 
cate, the Board shall send the file of the case to the Office of Price 
Administration in Washington, D. C., for investigation. 

(c) Any dealer or intermediate distributor who has exported gaso¬ 
line from within the limitation area, or who has exported gasoline from 
outside the limitation area on or after November 22,1942, to an insular 
or territorial possession of the United States or to a foreign country, 
who has not acquired such gasoline pursuant to the provisions of 
paragraph (a) of this section, may obtain replenishment for the 
amount of gasoline exported by executing and presenting to a Board 
Part B of an export certificate on Form OP A R-560 submitting there¬ 
with a copy of a Shippers’ Export Declaration (Commerce Form 
7525), bearing the notation of an authorized customs official that to 
the best of his knowledge and belief the amount of gasoline thereon 
stated was so exported. The Board, if it is satisfied with the authen¬ 
ticity of the copy of such declaration, shall endorse such certificate and 
return it to such person, and shall retain a copy of the declaration for 
its files. Such certificate bearing the endorsement of a Board shall be 
valid to authorize a transfer of the amount of gasoline thereon stated, 
and may be used by the transferor of such gasoline as evidence for 
purposes of replenishment. 

(d) No person acquiring gasoline pursuant to the provisions of 
paragraph (a) of this section may use such gasoline for any purpose 
other than for export to an insular or territorial possession of the 
United States or to a foreign country. 

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the 
export of gasoline other than in accordance with the laws of the 
United States and the rules and regulations of the Board of Economic 
Warfare or of any other department or agency of the United States. 

Section 1394.8156 Emergency Transfers.— (a) Transfer may be 
made in exchange for an Emergency Receipt on Form OPA R-555, 
of the amount of gasoline stated thereon, subject to the provisions of 
paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section. 

(b) Any person requiring gasoline in order to meet an emergency 
involving serious threat to life, health or valuable property, may ob¬ 
tain such gasoline by signing an Emergency Receipt on Form OPA 
R-555, in duplicate, and stating thereon the emergency purpose for 
which such gasoline is required and the reason why he is unable to 
present coupons in exchange for such gasoline. If such gasoline is 
required for use in a registered motor vehicle, he shall also state the 
license number of the vehicle in which such gasoline is to be used. 


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(c) Any dealer or distributor who has transferred gasoline in ex¬ 
change for an Emergency Receipt, shall transmit such Emergency 
Receipt, in duplicate, to the Board having jurisdiction over the area 
in which his place of business is located. The Board, if it is satisfied 
that such dealer or distributor made a transfer, in good faith, of the 
amount of gasoline specified in such Emergency Receipt, shall issue 
to him, in exchange therefor, inventory coupons equal in gallonage 
value to the amount of gasoline so transferred. The Board shall re¬ 
tain one copy of such Receipt in its own files and shall transmit the 
second copy to the Board having jurisdiction over the area in which 
the transferee resides, as stated on the Receipt. If the Board is not 
satisfied that such dealer or distributor made a transfer, in good faith, 
of the amount of gasoline specified in such Emergency Receipt, it shall 
not issue to him any inventory coupons therefor. In such case, the 
Board shall return one copy of the Emergency Receipt to the dealer or 
distributor, and shall transmit the second copy of such Receipt to the 
State Director for appropriate action. 

(d) Any Regional Administrator of the Office of Price Administra¬ 
tion who finds that there has been such delay in the issuance of rations 
as of November 22, 1942, as to jeopardize the movement of trucks, 
busses, or other essential vehicles for which no Basic ration is issuable, 
may by declaration designate the States within his region in which 
such delay has occurred and specify the types of vehicles affected 
thereby. Such declaration shall continue in effect until December 4, 
1942, or such earlier date as he may determine. During the effective 
period of such declaration, the operator of a vehicle of a type specified 
therein, licensed or operated in a State designated therein, may acquire 
gasoline for use in such vehicle by signing an emergency receipt on 
Form OPA R-555, in duplicate: Provided , That gasoline may be so 
acquired for a vehicle only during the interval between the date of 
application for a ration for such vehicle and the date of receipt or 
denial of such ration. Any dealer who has made a transfer of gasoline 
in exchange for an emergency receipt pursuant to this paragraph shall 
transmit such receipt, in duplicate, to the Board having jurisdiction 
over the area in which his place of business is located and such Board 
shall issue inventory coupons to him, in exchange for such receipt, in 
accordance with the procedure specified in paragraph (c) of this 
section. 

Section 1394.8157 Transfer of Vehicle, Boat or Equipment.— 

Nothing in Ration Order No. 5C shall be deemed to forbid the transfer 
of gasoline in the fuel supply tank of a vehicle, boat or equipment, in 
conjunction with a lawful and bona fide transfer of such vehicle, boat 


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or equipment; or the use by the transferee in such vehicle, boat or 
equipment of gasoline actually in the fuel supply tank thereof at 
the time of transfer. 

Section 1394.8158 Transfer of Consumer Establishments; 
Transfer by Operation of Law.— (a) Nothing in Ration Order No. 
OC shall be deemed to forbid the transfer of gasoline actually in a 
storage tank or other container maintained by a consumer as part of 
an enterprise or establishment, in conjunction with a lawful and bona 
fide transfer of such enterprise or establishment itself, or a transfer of 
gasoline by legal process or operation of law. 

(b) Any person to whom a transfer of the character described 
in paragraph (a) is made, shall forthwith report such transfer and 
the amount of gasoline involved, to the Board having jurisdiction 
over the area in which such gasoline is located. Such person, if a 
dealer or distributor, shall surrender to the Board, together with 
such report, coupons or other evidences having a value equal to the 
number of gallons of gasoline transferred. Such person, if not a 
dealer or distributor, may either: 

(1) Transfer all or any part of such gasoline in exchange for 
coupons or other evidences having a value equal to the number of 
gallons of gasoline so transferred: Provided , That such coupons or 
other evidences shall forthwith be surrendered by him to the Board 
for cancellation; or 

(2) Consume such gasoline to the extent of any gasoline ration 
issued to him: Provided ', That he may consume such gasoline only 
for the purpose for which such ration may be issued or, in the case of 
a Special ration, for a purpose for which such ration was issued and 
shall surrender to the Board, for cancellation, coupons equal in value 
to the amount of gasoline consumed or to be consumed. 

Section 1394.8159 Rights of Parties to Contracts for Transfer 
of Gasoline.—If the performance of any contract or agreement for 
the transfer of gasoline is prevented by Ration Order No. 5A or 5C, 
no party thereto ^shall be liable for failure to perform such contract 
or agreement: Provided , That any person who has received or has 
had the benefit of any deposit or other consideration on account of 
such contract, shall be liable upon demand to return such deposit or 
other consideration or to pay the fair value thereof, in the event the 
consideration has been materially altered in condition or cannot be 
returned. 

Section 1394.8160 Signature on Coupon Book.—No coupon book 
may be used until the person to whom such book is issued has signed 
the certification provided for therein. 


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PROHIBITED ACTS 

Section 1394.8161 General Restrictions on Use.—No person to 
whom a Special ration has been issued may use or permit the use of 
such ration for any purpose other than the one for which it was 
issued. No person to whom a Supplemental, Official, Fleet, or Non- 
Highway ration, or ration issued pursuant to the provisions of Sec¬ 
tion 1394.7757, has been issued may use or permit the use of such 
ration for a purpose other than one for which such ration could be 
obtained pursuant to the Ration Order under which it was issued. 

(b) No Transport Ration issued for a vehicle for the operation 
of which a Certificate of War Necessity is required may be used 
other than for a purpose permitted by, or to an extent greater than 
that permitted by, the Certificate of War Necessity issued for such 
vehicle. 

Section 1394.8162 Change of Occupation of Ration Holder.— 

The holder of a ration based on allowed mileage in excess of 470 miles 
per month shall report to the issuing Board any change in the principal 
occupation for the pursuit of which such ration was issued. Such re¬ 
port shall be transmitted to the Board within five (5) days after such 
change and shall describe fully the nature of the new occupation, the 
exact type of work performed, the business or industry in which such 
work is performed, and the purpose, if any, for which the motor 
vehicle will be used in such new occupation. If, on the basis of 
such report, the Board finds reason to believe that such motor 
vehicle will no longer be used for a preferred purpose listed in Sec¬ 
tion 1394.7706, it shall notify such holder, in writing, that his right 
to such ration is to be reexamined. Such notice shall be mailed to such 
holder at the address shown on his application (or at the address 
shown on his report), and shall require him to file a new applica¬ 
tion for a ration within ten (10) days after the mailing date shown 
on such notice. If no new application is filed within such time, 
the Board shall revoke such ration and shall recall all Class C 
books or coupons (or Class D books or coupons based on an allowed 
mileage in excess of 470 miles per month) issued in connection 
therewith. If a new application is filed, and if the Board deter¬ 
mines that the motor vehicle will be used for a preferred purpose 
listed in Section 1394.7706, it shall take no further action. If the 
Board finds that the vehicle will no longer be used for a preferred 
purpose listed in Section 1394.7706, it shall revoke the ration and 
recall the coupons or coupon book originally issued and shall issue, 
in lieu thereof, such ration (if any) as it determines that the holder 


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is entitled to receive on the basis of his new application and in accord¬ 
ance with the provisions of Section 1394.7705 or 1394.7755, as the 
case may be. 

Section 1394.8163 Restriction on Use of Rations or Gasoline 
for Racing or Exhibition Purposes. —No ration shall be issued or 
used, and no gasoline shall be used, or knowingly transferred for use, 
for the operation of any boat in the limitation area, or in the States 
set forth in Section 1394.7904 (b), or of any motor vehicle, in exhibi¬ 
tions or races for public entertainment or prizes. 

Section 1394.8164. Restriction on Use of Rations or Gasoline 
for Sightseeing Purposes. —No Supplemental, Official or Fleet ra¬ 
tion, or ration issued pursuant to Section 1394.7757, shall be issued or 
used, and no gasoline shall be used or knowingly transferred for use, 
for the operation of any motor vehicle, under charter or otherwise, 
for sightseeing purposes. 

Section 1394.8165 Display of Stickers. —No person may use a 
Class A, B, C, T-l or T-2 coupon book, other than one representing a 
Special ration, issued for a registered or commercial motor vehicle 
unless a sticker identifying the class of ration issued for use with such 
vehicle, in such form as may be prescribed by the Office of Price Ad¬ 
ministration, is affixed to and conspicuously displayed on such vehicle. 
Such sticker shall be displayed on such vehicle at all times, but the 
display of such sticker shall be in accordance with the laws of the State 
in which such vehicle is operated. A person to whom any ration in 
addition to a Class A ration has been issued shall display only the 
sticker identifying such additional ration. 

Section 1394.8166 Restrictions on Blending of Gasoline. —No 
person other than a licensed distributor or a consumer shall blend, 
dilute, or otherwise mix gasoline with any other liquid or combustible, 
and no person shall knowingly transfer or accept a transfer of gaso¬ 
line blended, diluted, or mixed in violation of this section. 

Section 1394.8167 Restrictions on Consumption of Gasoline.— 
(a) Except as provided in Section 1394.8157, no person shall consume 
gasoline unless such gasoline was acquired by him or on his behalf 
in exchange for valid coupons or other valid evidences authorizing a 
transfer to a consumer: Provided , That: 

(1) Any consumer may use for non-highway purposes (other than 
non-occupational boat operations in the limitation area and in the 
States set forth in Section 1394.7904) gasoline owned by him and in 
his possession within the limitation area prior to August 22, 1942, or 
without the limitation area prior to November 22,1942. 


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(2) Any consumer may use gasoline owned by him and in his posses¬ 
sion within the limitation area prior to August 22,1942, or without the 
limitation area prior to November 22, 1942, for the operation of a reg¬ 
istered or commercial motor vehicle, or for non-occupational boat 
operation in the limitation area and in the States set forth in Section 
1394.7904 (b) if, at the time of transfer of such gasoline into the fuel 
tank of such vehicle or boat, he destroys currently valid coupons issued 
therefor equal in value to the number of gallons of gasoline so trans¬ 
ferred : Provided , That, gasoline placed in the fuel supply tank of such 
vehicle or boat within the limitation area prior to August 22, 1942, or 
without the limitation area prior to November 22, 1942, may be used 
therein without restriction. 

(b) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to the 
consumption of gasoline by the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast 
Guard or Maritime Commission or the War Shipping Administra¬ 
tion of the United States. 

Section 1394.8168 Transfers from Fuel Tank to Fuel Tank of 
Vehicles and Boats Forbidden. —No gasoline contained in the fuel 
tank of any motor vehicle, inboard motorboat, outboard motor or 
non-highway equipment shall be transferred therefrom to the fuel 
tank of any registered or commercial motor vehicle, or of any inboard 
motorboat or outboard motor operated for nonoccupational pur¬ 
poses in the limitation area or in the States set forth in Section 
1394.7904 (b). 

Section 1394.8169 Discrimination by Dealers and Distribu¬ 
tors. — (a) On and after November 22, 1942, no distributor shall dis¬ 
criminate in the transfer of gasoline among distributors or dealers 
lawfully entitled to acquire gasoline under Ration Order No. 5C. Any 
refusal on the part of a distributor to transfer gasoline to a distributor 
or dealer to whom he has made a transfer on or subsequent to May 15, 
1942, shall be prima facie evidence of a discrimination: Provided , 
That nothing herein shall be construed to require a transfer of gasoline 
which would result in a violation of any statute enacted or contract 
made to protect a trade-mark or trade name; nor a transfer to any 
dealer or distributor of an amount of gasoline in excess of that per¬ 
mitted by any regulation or order of any Department or agency of 
the United States. 

(b) On and after November 22, 1942, no dealer or distributor shall 
discriminate, in the transfer of gasoline, among any consumers law¬ 
fully entitled to acquire gasoline under the provisions of Ration 
Order No. 5C. 


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Section 1394.8170 Mileage Limitation.—No passenger automo¬ 
bile shall be operated in excess of mileage which can be obtained in the 
vehicle on the basis of the ration issued for use with such vehicle. 

Section 1394.8171 Limitation on Speed.— (a) No person shall 
use or permit the use of 'gasoline in the operation of a motor vehicle 
at any rate of speed in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour. 

(b) This restriction shall not apply to the operation of a motor 
vehicle by the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or by the 
State military forces organized pursuant to Section 61 of the National 
Defense Act, as amended, or to meet an emergency involving serious 
threat to life, health or public safety. 

Section 1394.8172 Tire Certification, Inspection and Surrender 
of Excess Tires.—After December 12, 1942, no person shall use or 
permit the use of gasoline in a passenger automobile or motorcycle 
for which a Basic, Supplemental, Fleet or Official Ration, or a ration 
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1394.1309 of Ration Order 
No. 5A or Section 1394.7757 of Ration Order No. 5C has been issued, 
unless a certification of passenger-type tires has been filed under 
Section 1394.8009 of Ration Order No. 5C, nor unless a Tire In¬ 
spection Record has been issued and is currently maintained as re¬ 
quired by the Office of Price Administration; nor may gasoline be 
used on and after November 22. 1942, in any such passenger auto¬ 
mobile or motorcycle, other than an official vehicle, if the registered 
owner (or, in the case of a ration issued pursuant to Section 1394.1309 
of Ration Order No. 5A or Section 1394.7757 of Ration Order No. 
5C, if the owner) of such vehicle owns passenger type tires other 
than tires reported on OP A Form R-17 or R-17 Revised or fires 
reported by a manufacturer to the War Production Board, or tires 
mounted (including one spare per motor vehicle) on motor vehicles 
or equipment. On and after November 22, 1942, no person shall use 
or permit the use of gasoline in a motor vehicle for which a Basic 
ration has been issued, if any person living in the household of the 
registered owner and related to such owner by blood, marriage or 
adoption owns passenger type tires other than tires reported on OPA 
Form R-17 or R-17 Revised, or tires reported by a manufacturer to 
the War Production Board, or tires mounted (including one spare 
per motor vehicle) on motor vehicles or equipment. 

Section 1394.8173 Use in Violation of Ration Order 1A.—No 
person shall use gasoline for the operation of any motor vehicle which 
results in use of tires in violation of Ration Order No. 1A. 


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Section 1394.8174 Tires Unlawfully Acquired.—No person shall 
use gasoline for the operation of any motor vehicle which results in 
use of any tire or tube acquired in violation of Ration Order No. 1A. 

Section 1394.8175 Abuse or Neglect of Tires. — No person shall 
use gasoline in a motor vehicle in such a manner as to result in abuse 
or neglect of any tire or tube. Driving of a motor vehicle beyond the 
point where tires are recappable may be found to be abuse within the 
meaning of this section. 

Section 1394.8176 Offers, Solicitations, Attempts, or Agree¬ 
ments.—No person shall solicit, offer, attempt, or agree to do any act 
in violation of Ration Order No. 50. 

Section 1394.8177 Rations not Transferable.— (a) No person 
shall transfer or assign any ration, and no person shall accept such 
transfer or assignment. 

(b) No person shall transfer or assign and no person shall accept a 
transfer or assignment of any coupon book or any bulk, inventory or 
other coupon (whether or not such book was issued as a ration book 
and whether or not such coupon was issued as a ration or as part of a 
ration book) or other evidence, except in accordance with the provi¬ 
sions of Ration Order No. 5C. 

(c) No person shall have in his possession any coupon book or bulk, 
inventory or other coupon (whether or not such book was issued as a 
ration book and whether or not such coupon was issued as a ration or 
as part of a ration book) or other evidence, except the person, or 
the agent of the person, to whom such book, coupon, or certificate was 
issued or by whom it was acquired in accordance with the provisions 
of Ration Order No. 5C. 

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a ration, other 
than a Special Ration, may be used by anyone entitled to use the 
vehicle, boat or equipment for which it was issued, if such use is for 
a purpose for which such ration may be obtained and so long as there 
is no change in ownership of such vehicle, boat or equipment. 

(e) The provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section 
shall not be applicable to public officials acting in the performance of 
their official duties. 

Section 1394.8178 Mutilation, Destruction, or Counterfeiting 
of Coupon Books or Certificates—(a) No person other than a per¬ 
son authorized pursuant to Ration Order No. 5C shall deface, muti¬ 
late, alter, burn or otherwise destroy any coupon book or bulk, inven¬ 
tory or other coupons (whether or not such book was issued as a ration 
book and whether or not such coupon was issued as a ration or as part 
of a ration book) or other evidence. 


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(b) No person shall counterfeit or forge any coupon book, or bulk, 
inventory, or other coupon, or any other evidence. 

(c) No person shall transfer, receive a transfer of, possess, or use 
any forged, altered, or counterfeited coupon book or bulk, inventory 
or other coupon or other evidence. 

(d) Any defacement, mutilation or alteration of a coupon or ration 
book in violation of any provision of this section shall render such 
coupon or book and the coupons therein, invalid. The detachment of 
any coupon from a ration book, except in accordance with the provi¬ 
sions of Section 1394.8153, shall render such coupon invalid. 

(e) The provisions of paragraphs (a), (c), and (d) of this section 
shall not be applicable to public officials acting in the performance 
of their official duties. 

Section 1394.8179 Compliance with O. D. T. Orders. —No person 
owning or controlling any motor vehicle shall use or permit the use 
of gasoline therein for operations in violation of any order, rule or 
regulation issued by the Office of Defense Transportation. 

Section 1394.8180. Applicability of Order to Rations Issued 
under Ration Order No. 5A. —All rations issued pursuant to Ration 
Order No. 5A, which remain in effect beyond November 21, 1942, 
shall be subject to the same restrictions, prohibitions, and conditions 
of use as though they were issued pursuant to Ration Order No. 5C. 

Section 1394.8181 False Statements. —No person shall, in any 
application, record, report, certificate or other document made pur¬ 
suant to or required by the terms of Ration Order No. 5C, make any 
untrue statement of any fact, or omit to state any fact required to 
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not mis¬ 
leading. Any Board discovering such an untrue statement of fact, 
or any-such omission to state any such fact shall report it and transmit 
the evidence thereof, to the State Director or District Manager for 
appropriate action, whether or not such Board has proceeded with 
respect thereto under the provisions of Section 1394.8105. 

REPLENISHMENT AND AUDIT 
REGISTRATION OF PLACE OF BUSINESS 

Section 1394.8201 Registration of Inventory and Capacity.— 

(a) Every dealer and intermediate distributor shall take a physical 
inventory of his total gasoline supplies on hand as of 12:01 a. m., 
November 22, 1942, and shall, on November 23 or 24, 1942, register 
(on Form OPA R-545) with the Board having jurisdiction of the 
area in which such a place of business is located, at the hours provided 


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by the Board, the following matters, together with such other 
information as may be required: 

(1) His name, firm name, business address and type of business. 

(2) His total gasoline storage capacity. 

(3) His total inventory of gasoline on hand as of 12:01 a. m., 
November 22, 1942. 

(4) A certification as to the truth of each of the foregoing items 
of information. 

(b) Separate registration shall be made by such dealer or interme¬ 
diate distributor for each place of business operated by him at which 
gasoline is transferred, and shall be made at each respective Board 
having jurisdiction of the area in which each such place of business 
is located. 

(c) Every licensed distributor who operates a place of business at 
which functions corresponding to those of a dealer or intermediate 
distributor are performed, and which, under the terms of Section 1394. 
7551 (a) (17), is deemed to be a part of his facilities as a licensed dis¬ 
tributor, and every person who receives gasoline from a licensed dis¬ 
tributor on consignment for purposes of sale, shall register each such 
place of business (on Form OPA R-545) on November 23 and 24, 
1942, with the Board having jurisdiction of the area in which each 
such place of business is located: Provided , That neither the inventory 
of gasoline on hand nor the gasoline storage capacity shall be reg¬ 
istered, but only the name of the licensed distributor or consignee 
operating such place of business, a statement that the place of business 
is operated by a licensed distributor or by a consignee, and a 
certification as to the truth of this information. 

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), (b) and (c) 
of this section, no dealer or distributor whose place of business has 
been registered with a Board pursuant to the provisions of Ration 
Order No. 5A shall, except as provided in Sections 1394.8220, 1394. 
8224, 1394.8225 and 1394.8226, again register such place of business or 
receive inventory coupons representing the unfilled gasoline storage 
capacity of such place of business: Provided , That any licensed 
distributor who registered, pursuant to the provisions of Ration 
Order No. 5A, facilities which, under the terms of Section 1394. 
7551 (a) (17), are deemed for purposes of Ration Order No. 5C 
to be a part of his facilities as a licensed distributor, and re¬ 
ceived inventory coupons for the unfilled gasoline storage capacity 
of such facilities, shall reregister such facilities on November 23 or . 
24, 1942 as licensed distributor facilities, and surrender to the Board 
for cancellation inventory coupons or other evidences equal in gallon- 


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age value to the coupons originally issued to represent his unfilled 
gasoline storage capacity. 

Section 1394.820*2 What Constitutes Gasoline On Hand. —The 
registrant shall register all gasoline on hand, whether in storage tanks, 
tank trucks, tank cars delivered to railroad sidings, drums, or other 
containers, except gasoline in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle. The 
registrant shall not register gasoline in transit which did not arrive 
at his place of business prior to 12: 01 a. m., November 22,1942. Gaso¬ 
line shipped to a dealer or intermediate distributor prior to November 
22,1942, but received by him at any time after November 21,1942, shall 
be deemed to be gasoline transferred to him subsequent to November 
21, 1942, and shall require an exchange therefor of coupons or other 
evidences in the manner provided in Sections 1394.8207 and 1394.8209. 

Section 1394.8203 What Constitutes Gasoline Storage Ca¬ 
pacity. —The registrant shall register the total capacity of all im¬ 
mobile gasoline storage facilities, but not the capacity of tank trucks, 
tank wagons, drums or other movable containers: Provided , however , 
That a dealer or intermediate distributor who maintains no stationary 
gasoline storage tanks shall register the total capacity of all his 
delivery facilities. 

Section 1394.8204 Issuance of Registration Certificates. —The 
Board, on determining that the information submitted by the registrant 
is correct, and that the registrant is in fact engaged in business as a 
dealer or distributor, shall by authorized signature approve the certifi¬ 
cate, file Part B thereof, and return Part A of the certificate to the 
registrant, who shall retain it as a certificate of registration at the 
place of business to which it applies, and shall present it as an 
identification at the time of transacting business with any Board. 

Section 1394.8205 Issuance of Inventory Coupons. — (a) The 
Board shall, at the time of its approval of the registration certificate 
of a dealer or intermediate distributor, issue to the registrant inven¬ 
tory coupons in an amount equal to the number of gallons, if any, by 
which the total gasoline storage capacity for each place of business 
exceeds the total inventory of gasoline on hand. A one-hundred gal¬ 
lon inventory coupon or a quantity of Class A coupons may at any 
time subsequent to registration be exchanged at any Board by a dealer 
or intermediate distributor for an equivalent amount of one-gallon 
inventory coupons. 

(b) In any case in which the total inventory of gasoline on hand 
exceeds the total gasoline storage capacity of the registrant’s place 
of business, the Board shall require the registrant to surrender 
for cancellation, and the registrant shall so surrender, at the 


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earliest possible moment thereafter, consumer coupons or other evi¬ 
dences equal in gallonage value to the amount of gasoline by which 
his inventory of gasoline on hand as of 12: 01 a. m., November 22,1942 
exceeds his total gasoline storage capacity. 

Section 1394.8206 Restriction on Use of Inventory Coupons.— 
(a) Every dealer and intermediate distributor shall retain all inven¬ 
tory coupons issued to him at the place of business for which they 
were issued, and shall not exchange his inventory coupons except to 
the extent that any delivery exceeds the amount of consumer coupons 
or other evidences available for exchange: Provided, however , That 
one-gallon inventory coupons may be used to make up the difference 
between the number of gallons in any delivery and the number of 
gallons represented by the nearest composable sum of the values of 
consumer coupons or other evidences. 

(b) Every dealer and intermediate distributor shall clearly write 
in ink on the reverse side of each inventory coupon issued to him, the 
name and address of his establishment as shown on his Certificate of 
Registration, and no inventory coupon shall be used in exchange for 
gasoline, and no gasoline may be transferred in exchange for inventory 
coupons, unless such notations appear on such coupons. 

RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN DEALERS AND 
DISTRIBUTORS 

Section 1394.8207 Restriction on Transfers.—Except as pro¬ 
vided in Section 1394.8209, no dealer or distributor shall transfer or 
offer to transfer gasoline to any other dealer or distributor and no 
dealer or distributor shall receive a transfer of gasoline, except in 
exchange for a quantity of coupons or other evidences, at the time 
of the actual delivery of the gasoline or in advance thereof, equal in 
gallonage value to the amount of the gasoline so transferred, or, in cases 
in which gasoline is regularly transferred to him on a temperature 
adjustment basis, equal in gallonage value to the adjusted quantity 
of gasoline so transferred: Provided, however, That coupons or other 
evidences need not be exchanged for a transfer of gasoline between 
licensed distributors unless in the course of transit between such 
licensed distributors the gasoline is delivered to a dealer or intermedi¬ 
ate distributor for redelivery to the transferee: Provided further, 
That transfers of gasoline may be made only in exchange for coupons 
bearing the notations required by paragraphs (d) and (e) of Sec¬ 
tion 1394.8004 and paragraph (b) of Section 1394.8206. 

Section 1394.8208 Same: Other Applicable Provisions. — Noth¬ 
ing in Ration Order No. 5C shall be construed to authorize any trans- 


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fer of gasoline which would be In contravention of any regulation or 
order of any Department or agency of the United States. 

Section 1394.8209 Absentee Deliveries: Third Party Deliv¬ 
eries.—Where a distributor elects to make delivery of gasoline during 
hours when the transferee is not open for business, the transferee 
shall, where the exact amount of delivery is known in advance, mail 
or deliver in advance to the distributor, or, at the discretion of 
the distributor, within twenty-four (24) hours of delivery, coupons or 
other evidences equal in gallonage value to the amount, or adjusted 
amount, of the delivery. Where delivery of gasoline to a dealer or inter¬ 
mediate distributor is made by common or contract carrier or by pipe 
line, or where the billing for gasoline transferred is not received by the 
transferee at the same time as or prior to receipt of the transfer by 
him, the transferee shall, where the exact amount of the delivery is 
known in advance, mail or deliver in advance to his distributor cou¬ 
pons or other evidences equal in gallonage value to the amount, or 
adjusted amount, of the delivery, or may, at the discretion of the trans¬ 
feror, forward to the transferor within five (5) days after receipt of 
such delivery an amount of coupons or other evidences equal in gallorr- 
age value to the number, or adjusted number, of gallons so delivered. 

Section 1394.8210 Upstream Transfers.— (a) Any distributor 
who receives a transfer or return of gasoline from a dealer or inter¬ 
mediate distributor, other than in connection with a transfer to him 
of the place of business of such dealer or intermediate distributor, 
shall deliver to such dealer or intermediate distributor a quantity of 
coupons or other evidences equal in gallonage value to the amount of 
gasoline so transferred or returned. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, any 
dealer or distributor who receives a transfer or return of gasoline 
from a consumer, other than in connection with a transfer to him 
of the place of business of such consumer, shall deliver for can¬ 
cellation to the Board having jurisdiction over the area in which the 
place of business of such dealer or distributor is located a quantity of 
coupons or other evidences equal in gallonage value to the quantity 
of gasoline so transferred or returned, together with a signed state¬ 
ment in duplicate setting forth the name and address of the consumer 
from whom the gasoline was acquired, and the quantity of gasoline 
so acquired. The Board shall retain the original of such statement 
in its files, and shall forward the duplicate thereof, through the State 
Director, to the Board having jurisdiction over the area in which such 
consumer is located, as shown on such statement. Any consumer who 


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transfers or returns gasoline to a dealer or distributor may, if the gaso¬ 
line so transferred or returned represents all or part of a ration issued 
to such consumer, apply, on the appropriate form, to the Board for 
reissuance of such ration or part thereof. Such application shall con¬ 
tain a statement of the nature and quantity of the ration originally 
issued, the name and address of the dealer or distributor to whom gaso¬ 
line was transferred or returned, the quantity of gasoline so transferred 
or returned, and a certification as to the truth of such statements. If 
the Board finds that the consumer transferred or returned to a dealer 
or distributor gasoline originally issued to the consumer as a ration, 
that such ration has not yet expired, and that the consumer still requires 
such ration, it shall issue to the consumer coupon books or coupons of 
the same type as the ration originally issued equal in gallonage value 
to the quantity of gasoline so transferred or returned. The Board, 
at the time of issuance of such coupon books or coupons shall, in addi¬ 
tion to such other notations as may be required, note on the face of the 
coupon books issued, and on the application, the expiration date of 
the ration, which shall be the same expiration date as that applicable 
to the ration originally issued. 

(c) If gasoline is transferred by a Military or Naval Post or Station 
to a facility such as a Post Exchange or Ships’ Service Store for 
transfer to consumers for non-official use, and if such facility is a 
licensed distributor, such facility shall not surrender coupons or other 
evidences to a Board as required in paragraph (b) of this section, but 
shall merely attach coupons or other evidences acquired from con¬ 
sumers to its monthly State motor fuel tax report. If a Military or 
Naval Post or Station transfers gasoline directly to consumers such 
Post or Station shall execute a State motor fuel tax report in the 
manner required of licensed distributors, and shall attach thereto all 
coupons or other evidences acquired from consumers in exchange for 
such gasoline. 

Section 1394.8211 Preservation of Coupons; Coupon Sheets.— 

Each dealer and distributor shall affix all coupons received by him 
to a Coupon Sheet (Form OPA R-120) in the manner directed 
thereon, prior to any transfer of such coupons. Separate coupon 
sheets shall be maintained for coupons of each separate type, only 
coupons of the same class and gallonage value being attached to any 
one such sheet. 

Section 1394.8212 Preservation of Acknowledgments; Sum¬ 
maries of Acknowledgments. —Each dealer and distributor shall 
attach the Acknowledgments of Delivery delivered to him by author¬ 
ized purchasers to a Summary of Coupons and Other Evidences 


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(Form OPA R-541), on which he shall enter in order for each such 
Acknowledgment the date of purchase, name of purchaser, and num¬ 
ber of gallons sold. 

Section 1394.8213 Summary of Coupons.—Each dealer and dis¬ 
tributor shall, prior to every delivery by him of coupons or other 
evidences, except exchange certificates, to a transferor of gasoline, 
prepare in duplicate on Form OPA R-541 a Summary of Coupons 
and Other Evidences in the manner directed thereon, certifying 
the number of each type of coupon or other evidences to be deliv¬ 
ered. The original of this summary shall be delivered to the trans¬ 
feror attached to the coupons and other evidences. The copy shall be 
retained by him at his place of business for a period of not less than 
one year. All such summaries received by a distributor upon his 
delivery of gasoline to a dealer or intermediate distributor shall be 
recapitulated in his own summary, one such summary equalling the 
total gallonage represented by all coupons and other evidences (less 
the gallonage represented by exchange certificates, except as provided 
in Section 1394.8214) forwarded by him. Summaries received by a 
distributor from dealers or intermediate distributors shall be included 
with the coupons and other evidences attached thereto when forwarded 
by him. 

Section 1394.8214 Exchange of Coupons for Certificates.—A 
distributor may at any time deliver to a Board coupons or other evi¬ 
dences (including exchange certificates) and obtain in return an ex¬ 
change certificate or certificates equal to the gallonage value of the 
valid coupons or other evidences remitted. The remitter shall attach 
to such coupons or other evidences a Summary of Ooupons and Other 
Evidences on Form OPA R-541, on which such evidences shall be 
listed by type and value, in addition to the summaries already attached 
thereto by the dealer or distributor from which such coupons or other 
evidences were received. In any case in which a distributor desires to 
exchange one or more exchange certificates for a greater number of 
exchange certificates, or certificates of different value, he shall, in addi¬ 
tion to the summary for the certificates to be exchanged, prepare and 
submit summaries showing the types and values of the evidences to be 
represented by the exchange certificates to be issued. The Board shall 
furnish him in return one or more Exchange Certificates (Form OPA 
R-548) equal in gallonage value to the total gallonage value of the 
coupons or other evidences remitted by him: Provided , however , That 
every licensed distributor shall segregate all coupons or other evidences 
remitted by him according to the States to which are due the State 
motor fuel taxes on his own transfers which such coupons or other 


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evidences represent, shall prepare a separate Summary of Coupons 
and Other Evidences for each such State, and shall receive from the 
Board a separate exchange certificate for each such State. The Board 
shall on request furnish more than one such certificate for transfers 
within any given State, each representing any fraction of the total 
gallonage value remitted for such State, so long as the sum of all such 
certificates equal the total gallonage value of the coupons or other 
evidences remitted. Exchange certificates shall be prepared in dupli¬ 
cate by the Board and shall be signed both by the distributor and by 
an authorized member or agent of the Board. The Board shall retain 
for its files the duplicate copy of each exchange certificate issued by it. 

Section 1394.8215 Transfer and Surrender of Expired Cou- 
pons.— (a) No dealer shall accept from a consumer in exchange for 
a transfer of gasoline any Class S ration coupon issued pursuant to 
Ration Order No. 5A, or any Class A coupon the period of validity 
of which, as shown on the face thereof, has expired: and no such 
coupon shall be an evidence of any gallonage value, except on coupon 
sheets to which it has been attached prior, in the case of Class S 
coupons, to November 22, 1942, or in the case of Class A coupons, to 
the expiration of its period of validity. 

(b) Every dealer or distributor who has in his possession or control 
any Class S ration coupons on or after November 22, 1942, or any 
Class A ration coupons the valid period of which has elapsed, shall 
dispose of such coupons in preference to others in his possession or 
control, when exchanging coupons for transfers of gasoline or for 
exchange certificates, or when otherwise disposing of coupons pursuant 
to the terms of Ration Order No. 5C. 

(c) On and after December 2, 1942, but not later than December 7, 
1942, in the case of Class S ration coupons, and on and after ten (10) 
days but not later than fifteen (15) days after the expiration dates of 
Class A ration coupons, each dealer or distributor who has in his pos¬ 
session or control Class S or expired Class A ration coupons shall sur¬ 
render such coupons to the Board having jurisdiction over the area in 
which his place of business is located. The Board shall issue to a dis¬ 
tributor in exchange for such coupons one or more exchange certifi¬ 
cates, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1394.8214. The 
Board shall issue to a dealer in exchange for such coupons inventory 
coupons equal in gallonage value to the coupons so surrendered. After 
December 7, 1942, in the case of Class S ration coupons, and after 
fifteen (15) days from the expiration date of any Class A ration 
coupon, such coupons are void, and no gasoline may be transferred 
in exchange therefor, and no exchange certificate, inventory coupons, 


or other evidence may be issued to a dealer or distributor in exchange 
for Class S or expired Class A ration coupons. 

Section 1394.821G Certification of Shortage,—Dealers and in¬ 
termediate distributors shall be permitted from time to time to apply 
by certification (on Form OPA R-549) for replenishment for losses of 
gasoline through evaporation, handling, accident, or other extraordi¬ 
nary circumstance, and for unavoidable loss of coupons or other evi¬ 
dences. The certification of shortage shall be submitted to the Board 
having jurisdiction of the area in which such dealer or intermediate 
distributor has the place of business to which the shortage is to be 
attributed, and shall show the nature and quantity of such shortage 
with a full explanation of the reasons therefor. If, on consideration 
of the certification presented and of such other facts as it may require 
of the applicant, the Board finds that the applicant has incurred the 
shortages claimed, that such shortages were not incurred as a result 
of any acts performed in violation of Ration Order No. 5A or 5C, and 
that any claimed shortage of gasoline is reasonable, the Board shall 
file the certification and issue to the applicant a quantity of inventory 
coupons equal to the amount of the proven shortage. A copy of the 
certification may be retained by the dealer or intermediate distributor 
for his records. 

RECORDS AND AUDITS 

Section 1394.8217 Records To Be Kept by Dealers and Inter¬ 
mediate Distributors.—At the time of making any delivery of gaso¬ 
line to any dealer or intermediate distributor, every distributor shall 
furnish to such dealer or intermediate distributor an invoice, delivery 
ticket, or other customary evidence of transfer, showing the name and 
address of the transferee and the date and quantity of the transfer; 
and every such transferee shall retain at his place of business for a 
period of at least one year from the date of his receipt of such gasoline 
the invoice, delivery ticket, or other evidence so furnished him. 

Section 1394.8218. Reports by Licensed Distributors.—(a) 
Every licensed distributor shall prepare an additional copy of each of 
his monthly State motor fuel tax reports (and supporting schedules), 
which he shall submit to the State motor fuel tax administration at 
the time and in the manner required by such administration for the 
usual monthly report, and shall attach to such copy a single exchange 
certificate, except as provided in paragraph (c) of Section 1394.8210, 
in an amount equal to the total gallonage value of coupons or other 
evidences for which he is required to account for the period for which 
such return is made. Gasoline which has been shipped and billed in 


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exact amount to a transferee during a calendar month, and which is 
included by the licensed distributor in the State motor fuel tax report 
for such month, shall be treated both by the transferor and transferee 
as gasoline transferred during such month, even though actual receipt 
of such gasoline by the transferee may take place during the following 
calendar month. 

(b) The licensed distributor shall also prepare in triplicate a Rec- 
onciliation Statement "(Form OP A R-550), reconciling the difference 
between the gallonage value of the exchange certificate so submitted 
and the total gallonage disposed of by him as reported by the tax 
return. He shall attach the original and one copy of the reconcilia¬ 
tion form to the additional copy of his tax report, and shall retain the 
other copy of the reconciliation form at his place of business for a 
period of not less than one year; Provided , however , That, where spe¬ 
cial hardship results from the necessity of submitting the reconcilia¬ 
tion form at the time that the State motor fuel tax report is due, 
application may be made, showing all relevant facts, to the Office of 
Price Administration, Washington, D. C., for leave to defer, for a 
period of not more than ten (10) days, the submission of the addi¬ 
tional copy of his motor fuel tax report, the attached certificate, and 
the reconciliation form. 

(c) Any licensed distributor who is not required by the State to 
which he is required to account for State motor fuel taxes to include 
his monthly opening and closing gasoline inventories in his motor 
fuel tax return shall take a physical inventory of his gasoline on hand 
at the beginning or ending of each month, and shall include in such 
inventory all gasoline in transit and billed to him. Such distributor, 
in addition to other information which may be required, shall include 
such monthly opening and closing gasoline inventories on the recon¬ 
ciliation form prepared by him. 

(d) Licensed distributors required to make reports pursuant to 
Ration Order No. 5A for the month of November, 1942, shall make 
one combined report for such month including all transactions during 
such month covered by Ration Order No. 5A and Ration Order No. 5C. 
Licensed distributors not required to make reports pursuant to Ration 
Order No. 5A shall not make a separate report under Ration Order 
No. 5C for the month of November, 1942, but shall include all trans¬ 
actions from November 22 through November 30, 1942 in their report 
for the month of December, 1942, in accordance with the provisions 
of this section. 

Section 1394.8219 Audit by State Motor Fuel Tax Administra¬ 
tion. —On completion of its usual office audit of a licensed dis- 


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tributor’s monthly motor fuel tax report-, each State motor fuel tax 
administration will by authorized signature either verify or note 
errors on the additional copy of the tax report received by it, will 
inspect the reconciliation form and attached exchange certificate in 
order to determine whether there are any apparent irregularities, and 
will retain the copy of the reconciliation form for its own files. It 
will, within the the shortest possible time, forward the additional 
copy of the tax return, the attached certificates or other evidences, and 
the original of the reconciliation form and supporting statements, 
to the Control and Audit Unit, Gasoline Rationing Branch, Office of 
Price Administration, Washington, D. C. In the event of discovery 
of any error, discrepancy, misrepresentation or other irregularity in 
the monthly report by later inspection or audits, the motor fuel tax 
administration will notify the Control and Audit Unit of all the 
facts relating to any such irregularity. 

NEW REGISTRATIONS 

Section 1304.8220 Registration of New or Reopened Place of 
Business.—Any dealer or distributor who opens or reopens a place 
of business not currently registered by such dealer or distributor 
under the provisions of Section 1394.8201, shall, prior to receipt or 
transfer of any gasoline at such place of business, register such place of 
business in the manner provided in Section 1394.8201, and shall be 
issued, if not a licensed distributor, inventory coupons equal in gallon- 
age value to the total capacity of his unfilled gasoline storage facilities 
as of the time of registration. 

Section 1394.8221 Cessation of Business.—Any dealer or inter¬ 
mediate distributor who ceases to operate as such, disposes of his stocks 
of gasoline, and closes his place of business without transferring it to 
another for continued operation, shall, at the time of final closing, 
deliver to the Board having jurisdiction of the area in which his place 
of business is located the certificate of registration of such place of 
business and a quantity of coupons or other evidences equal in gallonage 
value to the total capacity of the gasoline storage facilities of such 
place of business. 

Section 1394.8222 Acquisition of Place of Business From Li¬ 
censed Distributor.—Any person acquiring a place of business from 
a licensed distributor for continued operation for the transfer of gaso¬ 
line may accept a transfer of all gasoline on hand at such place of 
business. The transferee of such place of business shall obtain from 
such licensed distributor, and such distributor shall furnish, the certifi¬ 
cate of registration, if any, for such place of business. The transferee 


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shall, immediately after the transfer, deliver such certificate to the 
Board having jurisdiction of the area in which such place of business 
is located, and shall endorse such certificate of registration and the 
duplicate thereof on file with the Board. Such endorsement shall 
constitute a certification by the transferee that he has acquired the 
place of business described in such certificate and the total quantity 
of gasoline on hand at such place of business as of the time of transfer. 
The transferee shall then register as of the time of acquisition of such 
place of business in the manner provided in Sections 1394.8201 to 
1394.8205, inclusive, at the Board having jurisdiction of the area in 
which such place of business is located, prior to receipt or transfer 
of any gasoline at such place of business. 

Section 1394.8223 Acquisition of Dealer’s or Intermediate Dis¬ 
tributor’s Place of Business. —Any person who acquires for con¬ 
tinued operation for the transfer of gasoline a place of business from 
a dealer or intermediate distributor may accept a transfer of all gaso¬ 
line on hand at such place of business. The transferee of such place 
of business shall, at the time of acquisition, obtain from such dealer or 
intermediate distributor, and such dealer or intermediate distributor 
shall furnish, the certificate of registration of such place of business 
and coupons or other evidences equal in gallonage value to the unfilled 
gasoline storage capacity as of the time of transfer of such place of 
business. The transferee of such place of business shall, immediately 
after the transfer, deliver to the Board having jurisdiction of the area 
in which the place of business is located, the certificate of registration 
so delivered, and, if the transferee is a licensed distributor, shall also 
deliver at such time the coupons or other evidences acquired by him 
from such dealer or intermediate distributor, and shall endorse such 
certificate of registration and the duplicate thereof on file with the 
Board. Such endorsement shall constitute a certification by the dis¬ 
tributor that he has acquired from the transferor of such place of 
business the place of business described in such certificate, the total 
quantity of gasoline on hand at such place of business, and coupons or 
other evidences equal in gallonage value to the unfilled gasoline stor¬ 
age capacity of such place of business as of the time of transfer. 
The place of business so acquired shall be registered by the transferee 
in accordance with the provisions of Sections 1394.8201 to 1394.8205, 
inclusive, as of the time of acquisition thereof. 

Section 1394.8224 Surrender or Revocation of License of Li¬ 
censed Distributor. —Any licensed distributor who ceases to do busi¬ 
ness as such, although continuing in the business of transferring gaso¬ 
line, shall, on the day on which he ceases to do business as a licensed 


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distributor, register as a dealer or intermediate distributor, as the ease 
may be, in the manner provided by Sections 1394.8201 to 1394.8205, 
inclusive, each of his places of business which has not already been so 
registered, certifying to the Board the total gasoline storage capacity 
of and the quantity of gasoline on hand at each such place of business 
as of the date on which he ceased to do business as a licensed dis¬ 
tributor. 

Section 1394.8225 Newly Licensed Distributor. — Any dealer or 
intermediate distributor who becomes a licensed distributor shall forth¬ 
with deliver to the Board having jurisdiction of the area in which 
such place of business is located the certificate of registration as a 
dealer or intermediate distributor of such place of business, and cou¬ 
pons or other evidences equal in gailonage value to the total unfilled 
capacity of the gasoline storage facilities of such place of business as of 
the date on which he commenced operations as a licensed distributor, 
and shall register as a licensed distributor in accordance with the 
provisions of paragraph (c) of Section 1394.8201. 

Section 1394.8226 Change of Storage Capacity.—Any dealer or 
intermediate distributor in any manner altering the total gasoline 
storage capacity of his place of business shall deliver for cancellation 
to the Board having jurisdiction of the area in which such place of 
business is located, his currently valid certificate of registration, and 
shall register for and obtain a new certificate of registration in the 
manner provided by Sections 1394.8201 to 1894.8204, inclusive. The 
Board shall attach to its copy of the new certificate the original and 
copy of the cancelled certificate. If the total gasoline storage capacity 
of the place of business is decreased, the dealer or intermediate dis¬ 
tributor shall surrender to the Board a quantity of coupons or other 
evidences equal in gailonage value to the amount of such decrease. If 
the total gasoline storage capacity of such place of business is in¬ 
creased, the Board shall issue to the dealer or intermediate distributor 
a quantity of inventory coupons equal in gailonage value to the amount 
of such increase. 

INSPECTIONS 

Section 1394.8227 Inspection of Records and Facilities. — All 
records, reports, forms, accounts, or other documents required by 
Ration Order No. 5A or Ration Order No. 5C to be prepared and 
kept by any person, and the gasoline facilities of any person, shall 
be subject to the inspection of the Office of Price Administration and 
its employees, by the employees of any State motor fuel tax adminis¬ 
tration, and by such other personnel as the Office of Price Admin¬ 
istration may designate. Such inspection may be made at the place 


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of business of any such person during regular business hours, or, in 
the case of matters prepared on forms of the Office of Price Adminis¬ 
tration, at any time and place designated by the Office of Price 
Administration. 

ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS 

Section 1394.8251 Adjustments of Errors Made by Regis¬ 
trars.— (a) Any person who claims that a Registrar improperly re¬ 
fused to issue a Basic ration book or made an error in issuing a Basic 
ration book on the basis of his application, may apply to a Board, 
orally or in writing, for an adjustment of such error. Any person 
who claims that a Basic ration book was denied or was incorrectly 
issued to him by a Registrar, by reason of an error in his application, 
may make a new application, to a Board, for a Basic ration book. Ap¬ 
plication pursuant to this paragraph shall be made to the Board 
having jurisdiction over the area in which such original application 
was made, or in which the motor vehicle for which the application 
was made is customarily garaged or stationed. 

(b) The Board shall obtain and examine the original application, 
or, if such original application cannot expeditiously be found, it shall 
require the applicant to prepare a duplicate of such application and 
to certify that it is an exact duplicate thereof. If the Board finds that 
an error was made, by the applicant or by the Registrar, it shall issue 
a Basic ration book, or correct the book issued by the Registrar, or issue 
a new book in place of the one issued by the Registrar, or take such 
other action in accordance with the provisions of Ration Order No. 
5C, as may be necessary to correct the error. The Board shall, if it 
replaces a book, remove from the book issued by it coupons having a 
unit value equal, as nearly as possible, to the value in gallons of the 
coupons found to be detached from the book to be replaced. 

Section 1394.8252 Appeals from Decisions of Boards.—Any 
person may appeal from an adverse decision of a Board. Except as 
provided in Section 1394.8105, such appeals shall be taken only in 
accordance with the provisions of Procedural Regulation No. 9 issued 
by the Office of Price Administration. 

ENFORCEMENT 

Section 1394.8301 Criminal Prosecutions.— (a) Any person who 
knowingly falsifies an application, or any other record, report, or cer¬ 
tificate made pursuant to or required by the terms of Ration Order 
No. 5C or who otherwise knowingly furnishes false information to 
any Board or any other agent, employee or officer of the Office of 
Price Administration or falsifies or who conceals or covers up a mate- 


81 


rial fact, by any trick, scheme or device, or who makes or causes to 
be made any false or fraudulent statements, or representations, in any 
matter within the jurisdiction of the Office of Price Administration, 
may upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned 
for not more than ten years, or both, and shall be subject to such other 
penalties or action as may be prescribed by law. Any person who 
conspires with another person to perform any of the foregoing acts or 
to violate any provision of Ration Order No. 5C may upon conviction 
be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two 
years, or both, and shall be subject to such other penalties or action 
as may be prescribed by law. 

(b) Any person who wilfully performs any act prohibited, or wil¬ 
fully fails to perform any act required, by any provision of Ration 
Order No. 6C may upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, and shall be subject 
to such other penalties or action as may be prescribed by law. 

Section 1394.8302 Suspension Orders. —Any person who vio¬ 
lates this Ration Order No. 5C may, by administrative suspension 
order, be prohibited from receiving any transfers or deliveries of, 
or selling or using or otherwise disposing of, any gasoline or other 
rationed product or facility. Such suspension order shall be issued 
for such period as in the judgment of the Administrator, or such person 
as he may designate for such purpose, is necessary or appropriate in 
the public interest and to promote the national security. 

EFFECTIVE DATES 

Section 1394.8351 Effective Dates. —(a) Ration Order No. 5C 
shall become effective on November 9, i942 except that the provisions 
of Sections 1394.8151 to 1394.8180, inclusive, and the provisions of 
Sections 1394.8201 to 1394.8227 inclusive, shall become effective No¬ 
vember 22, 1942. 

(b) On and after November 22,1942, Ration Order No. 5C, Sections 
1394.7501 to 1394.8351, inclusive, supersedes Ration Order No. 6A, 
7 F. R. 5225, July 9,1942, as amended: Provided however, That Ration 
Order No. 5A and all amendments thereto shall continue to remain 
in full force and effect for the purpose of allowing or sustaining any 
suit, action, prosecution or administrative or other proceeding hereto¬ 
fore or hereafter commenced with respect to any violation committed 
or right or liability incurred under or pursuant to the terms thereof 
prior to November 22, 1942. 

Issued this — day of October, 1942. 

Leon Henderson, Administrator . 


INDEX 


A 

Abuse and Neglect of tires___ 1394.8175 

Acknowledgment of Delivery: 

Application forms for_ 1394.7952 

Issuance by OP A___ 1394.7952(a) 

Preservation of__ 1394.8212 

Persons entitled to_ 1394.7952 

Transfers in exchange for_ 1394.8154 

Adjustments and Appeals: 

Adjustments of errors made by Registrars.. 1394.8251 

Appeals: 

From decisions of Boards_ 1394.8252 

From order of revocation, after hearing__— 1394.8105(d) 

. From order suspending or revoking rations_ 1394.8109(c) 

Governed by Procedural Regulation No. 9_ 1394.8252 

Administration, Personnel and Jurisdiction._ 1394.7601-7004 

Agents: Applications by. (See appropriate ration.) 

Agricultural Establishments, travel to, as preferred mile¬ 
age______ 1394.7706(o) (3) 

Alteration of ration book or coupon_ 1394.8178 

Alternative means of transportation: Adequacy of_ 1394.7704(b)(2)(ii) 

1394.7754(a) (l)(i) 
1394.7851(c) 

Ambulance, defined as Commercial Motor Vehicle_ 1394.7551(a)(5) 

American Red Cross, preferred mileage for_ 1394.7706(a) 

Appeals. (See Adjustments and Appeals.) 

Appearance before Boards_ 1394.8001 

Applications. (See Basic, Supplemental, Official, Fleet, 

Transport, Special, Non-Highway rations.) 

For ration by transferee of vehicle, boat or equipment _ 1394.8103(a) 

For ration upon change of occupation_ 1394.8162 

To replace lost or destroyed coupons_ 1394.8007(b) 

For restoration of revoked rations_ 1394.8107 

For Tire Inspection Record_ 1394.8009(b) 

Architect, preferred mileage for_ 1394.7706 (q) 

Armed forces, preferred mileage for_ 1394 7706(r) 

Army: 

Consumption of gasoline by_ 1394.8167(b) 

Issuance of ration books by OPA__ 1394.7951(a) 

Quantity of gasoline acquired by_ 1394.7502(a) 

Use of Acknowledgments of Delivery_ 1394 7952 

Audit by State Motor Fuel Tax Administration_ 1394.8219 

B 

Basic Ration:______ 1394.7651-7654 

Application by agent, when permissible_ 1394.7653(b) 

Application for and issuance of_ 1394.7653 

Correction of book issued by Registrar_ 1394.8251(b) 

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Benzine or Benzol. (See definition of Gasoline.) 

Bias. (See Personnel.) 

Blending of gasoline, restriction on_.. 1304.8166 

Boat. (See Motorboat.) 

Board: 

Action on applications_ 1394.7603 

Action upon affirmance or modification of revocation 

order...... 1394.8105(e) 

Applications forwarded to_ 1394.7604(a) 

Appeals from decisions of. (See Adjustments and Ap¬ 
peals.) 

Correction of errors_ 1394.8251(b) 

Definition of_ 1394.7551(a)(1) 

File of applications to be kept by_ 1394.7604(b) 

Jurisdiction of_ 1394.7602 

Travel by member of_ 1394.7706(a)(4) 

Book. (See coupon book.) 

Bulk coupons: 

Allowance of_ 1394.8006 

Definition of. 1394.7551(a)(2) 

Issuance of duplicates__ 1394.8007(c) 

Notation on_ 1394.8004(e) 

Transfers in exchange for_ 1394.8163(c) 

Bulk purchase, authorization of_ 1394.8006 

Bulk transfer: 

Definition of_ 1394.7551(a)(3) 

To stranded vehicle_ 1394.8163(a)(2) 

Bus. (See definition of Commercial Motor Vehicle.) 

C 

Candidates for public office, transportation for_ 1394.7851(b) (2) (iii) 

Carrier: 

Delivery to. (See Transfer.) 

Establishments of, travel to, as preferred mileage- 1894.7706(o) (2) 


Shipments by. (See Transfer.) 

Certificates: 

Exchange. (See Exchange Certificates.) 

Export. (See Export Certificate.) 

Fleet. (See Fleet Certificate.) 

In exchange for coupons_ 1394.8214 

Renewal. (See Renewal Certificates.) 

Certificate of Registration. (See Dealer and Intermedi- 


iate Distributor.) 

Certificate of War Necessity: 

Definition of_ 1394.7551(a)(4) 

Effect of revocation or modification- 1394.8051(b) 

Expiration of rations upon revocation of- 1394.8103(c) 

Notation by board on_ 1394.7805(d) 

Use In compliance with_ 1394.8161(b) 

Use of Transport ration in vehicle requiring- 1394.7805(e) 

When required for Transport rations- 1394.7802 

Certification. (See Tires.) 

Cessation of business_ 1394.8221 






























84 


Cessation of use of rations_ 

Change in ownership of vehicle, expiration of rations_ 

Chiropractor, preferred mileage for_ 

Class A, B, C, D, E, It, T-l, T-2 coupon books. (See 
coupon books.) 

Coast Guard. (See Military Forces.) 

Combination truck-tractor and semi-trailer. (See defini¬ 
tion of Commercial Motor Vehicle.) 

Commerce Form 7525, Shippers Export Declaration_ 

Commercial fishermen, transportation of_ 

Commercial Motor Vehicle: 

Definition of_ 

Fleet. (See Fleet.) 

Ration for equipment mounted on_ 

Transport ration for_ 

Common carriers. (See carriers.) 

Communication system, travel to_ r - 

Concealment of material facts, prosecution for_ 

Consignment, registration by person receiving gasoline on__ 

Conspiracies, prosecution for_ 

Consumer: 

Definition of__ 

Restriction on transfers to_ 

Transfer or return of gasoline to dealer or distributor_ 

Consumption of gasoline. (See Gasoline.) 

Contracts, rights of parties under_ 

Control and Audit Unit: 

Mileage Rationing Branch, OPA, report to by Motor 

Fuel Tax Administration_ 

Report of errors and irregularities to_ 

Counterfeiting of coupon books or certificates_ 

Coupon books: 

Alteration of_ 

Class A. (See Basic ration.) 

Class B. (See Supplemental, Official and Fleet Ration.) 
Class C. (See Official, Fleet and Supplemental Ration.) 
Class D. (For motorcycles.) (See Basic, Supplemental, 
Official, Fleet and Transport Ration.) 

Class E and R. (See Non-Highway Ration.) 

Class T-l and T-2. (See Transport Ration.) 

Fleet, change in name_ 

Interchangeable Fleet and Official_ 

Interchangeable Transport_ 

Issued by OPA___ 

Lost or destroyed_._ 

Mutilation, destruction or counterfeiting of_ 

Notation on_ 

Property of OPA_ 

Signature upon_ 

Coupons. (See Specific Class under Rations.) 

Acceptance of expired, restriction on_ 

Alteration of_ 

Bulk, allowance of_...._... 


1394.8103 

1394.8103 

1394.7706(g) 


1394.8155(b) 

1394.7706(n) 

1394.7551(a) (5) 

1394.7806 

1394.7801-1394.7806 

1394.7706(o)(2) 

1394.8301(a) 

1394.8201(c) 

1394.8301(a) 

1394.7551(a) (6) 

1394.8151 

1394.8210(b) 

1394.8159 


1394.8219 

1394.8219 

1394.8178 

1394.8178 


1394.8005(b) 

1394.7756 

1394.7807 

1394.7951 

1394.8007 

1394.8178 

1394.8004 

1394.8104(a) 

1394.8160 

1394.8215(a) 

1394.8178 

1394.8006(b) 
































85 


Coupons—Continued. 

Issuance of duplicate_ 

Issued under Ration Order No. 5A. (See Ration Order 
No. 5A.) 

Transfers in exchange for_ 

Defacement of_ 

Detachment of upon transfer_ 

Disposal of expired, by dealer or distributor_ 

Exchange of for certificates_ 

Expired: 

Invalidity and surrender of__ 

Transfer and surrender of_ 

Inventory. (See Inventory Coupon.) 

Invalid if detached, when_ 

Lost or destroyed_ 

Mutilation, Destruction or Counterfeiting_ 

Notation on_ 

Preservation of_ 

Recovery of lost or stolen_ 

Segregation of by Licensed Distributor_ 

Surrender of_ 

Surrender of upon delivery_ 

Transfers in exchange for_ 

Use of original after issuance of duplicate_ 

Criminal prosecutions_ 


D 

Dealer: 

Acceptance of expired coupons by_ 

Cessation of business__ 

Change of storage capacity-- 

Definition of_ 

Discrimination by_ 

Disposal of expired coupons- 

Export of gasoline by- 

Inventory by_ 

Inventory coupons for expired coupons surrendered- 

Place of business, acquisition of_ 

Records to be kept by- 

Registration of new or re-opened place of business- 

Replenishment of loss--- 

Retention of inventory coupons by- 

Summary of coupons and other evidences- 

Transfers between___ 

Transfer of consumer establishments to- 

Transfer to consumer- 

Dealer of motor vehicle. (See Motor Vehicle Dealer.) 

Dealer license plates, motor vehicle operated on. (See 
Motor Vehicle Dealer.) 

Definitions. (See correct title.) 


1394.8007(c) 


1394.8153(c) 

1394.8178(d) 

1394.8153(a)(1) 

1394.8215(b) 

1394.8214 

1394.8101 

1394.8215 

1394.8178(d) 

1394.8007 

1394.8178 

1394.8004 

1394.8211 

1394.8007(d) 

1394.8214 • 

1394.8007(d) 

1394.8153 

1394.8153 

1394.8007(d) 

1394.8301 


1394.8215(a) 

1394.8221 

1394.8226 

1394.7551(a)(7) 

1394.8169 

1394.8215(b) 

1394.8155(c) 

1394.8201(a) 

1394.8215(c) 

1394.8223 

1394.8217 

1394.8220 

1394.8216 

1394.8206 

1394.8212, 1394.8213 

1394.8207 
1394.8158 

1394.8151, 1394.8152. 
1394.8153 







































80 


Delivery: 

Absentee_ 

Acknowledgment (see Acknowledgment of Delivery)_ 

Of gasoline, surrender of coupons for_ 

Of messenger service. (See Messenger services.) 

Of newspapers. (See Newspapers.) 

Of telegrams. (See Telegrams.) 

Of vehicle, Special ration for-- 

Third party__ 

Demonstration purpose: 

Maximum allowance for_ 

No occupational mileage for. _ __ 

Special ration for_ 

Denial of rations_ 

Dentist, preferred mileage for_ 

Destroyed coupons or coupon books_ 

Destruction of coupon books, certificates or coupons_ 

Diesel fuel. (See Definition of Gasoline.) 

Discrimination: 

Evidence of_ 

Prohibited_ 

Distributor: 

Definition of_ 

Intermediate. (See Intermediate Distributors.) 
Licensed. (See Licensed Distributors.) 

District of Columbia. (See Definition of State.) 

District Manager: 

Authority to suspend and revoke rations_ 

Review of revocation_,_ 

Drainage system, establishments of, travel to_ 

Duplicate book, issuance of_ 

Duplicate bulk coupons, issuance of_ 


E 

Educational institutions, travel to. (See School teachers 
and School officers.) 

Effective dates_ 

Election officials, transportation for_ 

Elections, transportation for voting__ 

Elevated railroad, use of_ 

Embalmer, preferred mileage for_ 

Emergency receipt_ 

Emergency transfers_ 

Employee of Government. (See Government.) 

Employer, Employers’ organization, transportation by____ 
Enforcement and prohibitions: 

Original prosecution_ 

Suspension orders_ 

Engineer, preferred mileage for_ 

Equipment: 

Application for ration by transferee of_ 

Definition of_,_ 


1394.8209 

1394.7952 

1394.8153 


1394.7851 (b)(1) (iv) 
1394.8209 

1394.7851(b)(3) 

1394.7757(a) 

1394.7851(b) (3) 

1394.8011 

1394.7706(g) 

1394.8007 

1394.8178 


1394.8169(a) 

1394.8169 

1394.7551(a)(8) 


1394.8109 
1394.8105(b) 
1394.7706(o) (2) 
1394.8007(c) 
1394.8007(c) 


1394.8351 

1394.7851(b) (2) (iii) 

1394.7851(b) (2) (iii) 

1394.7704(o) 

1394.7706(j) 

1394.8156(a) 

1394.8156 

1394.7706(n) 

1394.8301 

1394.8302 
1394.7706(q) 

1394.8103(a) 
1394.7551(a) (9) 

































87 


Equipment—Continued. 

Mounted on commercial motor vehicle, Transport ration 

for_ 

Non-highway ration for_ 

Transfer of: 

Expiration of ration_ 

Gasoline in fuel supply tank_ 

Evidence, definition of_ 

Excess tires, surrender of_ 

Exchange certificates_ 

Attached to State Motor Fuel Tax Report_ 

In exchange for expired coupons_ 

Executive, travel by, preferred mileage for_ 

Expiration and revocation of rations. (See Rations.) 
Expired coupons. (See coupons.) 

Export certificate (Form OP A II-560)_ 

Export of gasoline_ 

Extractive establishments, travel to, preferred mileage for_ _ 

F 

False or fraudulent information, or representation, prose¬ 
cution for furnishing_ 

Falsification, criminal prosecution for_ 

Farm products, transportation of, preferred mileage for__ 

Farm, transportation from, preferred mileage for_ 

Farm veterinary. (See Veterinary.) 

Farm workers, transportation of, preferred mileage for_ 

Farmer, preferred mileage for_ 

Federal Use Stamp Tax, number to be shown upon appli¬ 
cation for Dealer Plate ration..... 

Fleet: 

Coupon book. (See Coupon book.) 

Definition of_ 

Rations. (See Rations.) 

Fleet vehicles. (See Rations, Fleet and Transport): 

Jurisdiction for filing application for_ 

Flood control system, establishments of, travel to_ 

Food, Special ration for_ 

Forgery of coupon books or certification_ 

Forms: 

Commerce Form 7525, Shipper’s Export Declaration.__ 

OPA R-17 and R-17 (Revised)_ 

OP A R-120, Coupon Sheet--- 

OPA R-534A, Application for Basic Ration Book- 

OPA R-534A, Application for Tire Inspection Record._ 

OPA R-534B, Tire Inspection Record- 

OPA R-535, Application for Supplemental Ration- 

OPA R-536, Application for Transport Rations_ 

OPA R-537, Application for Non-Highway Ration- 

OPA R-541, Summary of Coupons and Other Evidences. 

OPA R-544, Acknowledgment of Delivery- 

OPA R-545, Registration of Inventory and Capacity — 


1394.7806 

1394.7901 

1394.8103(a) 

1394.8157 

1394.7551 (a) (IT) 

1394.8172 

1394.8214 

1394.8218 

1394.8215(c) 

1394.7706(o) 


1394.8155 
1394.8155 
1394.7706(0) (3) 


1394.8301 

1394.8301 

1394.7706(m) 

1394.7706(m) 

1394.7706(n) 

1394.7706(m) 

1394.7757 


1394.7551 (a) (11) 


1394.7602 
1394.7706(0) (2) 

1394.7851 (b)(l)(i) 
1394.8178 

1394.8155 

1394.7755, 1394.7653 

1394.8211 
1394.7653 
1394.8009 
1394.8009 
1394.7703(a) 
1394.7804(a) 
1394.7903 

1394.8212 
1394.7952 
1394.8201 






























Forms—Continued. 

OPA R-548, Exchange Certificates_ 

OP A R-549, Certification of Shortage_ 

OPA R-550, Reconciliation Statement_ 

OPA R-551, Application for Ration for Vehicles ope¬ 
rated on Dealer Plates_I 

OPA R-551, Application for Fleet Vehicle Tire Inspec¬ 
tion Record_ 

OPA R-552, Application for Special Rations_ 

OPA R-555, Emergency Receipt_ 

OPA R-560, Expor,t Certificate_ 

Further rations. (See Rations.) 

G 

Gainful work. (See definition of Occupation)_ 

Gasoline: 

Consumption of by transferee of consumer establish¬ 
ment_ 

Definition of_ 

Engines, other than motorboat or airplane, Non-high¬ 
way rations for_ 

Lost through evaporation, handling, etc., replenish¬ 
ment of_ 

On hand, what constitutes_ 

Rations. (See Rations.) 

Storage capacity, what constitutes_ 

Government, or government agency: 

Agents or employees of, preferred mileage for_ 

Automobile or motorcycle owned by. (See Official 
ration.) 

Special ration for upon seizure by government_ 

Government agent. (See Labor agent.) 

H 

Hearse. (Defined as Commercial Motor Vehicle)_ 

Home or lodgings: 

Driving between and fixed place of work, as occupa¬ 
tional driving for Supplemental Ration_ 

Transportation from to post of duty, preferred mileage 

for__ 

Travel from, allowed as preferred mileage_ 

Hospital establishments, travel to as basis for preferred 

mileage_ 

Hydraulic plant, travel to as preferred mileage_ 

I 

Identification of Official or Fleet vehicles_ 

Inboard motorboat (see Motorboat): 

Definition of___ 

Industrial establishment, travel to, preferred mileage for_ _ 

Inspection of records and facilities_ 

Interchangeable Official or Fleet ration books_ 

Interchangeable Transport ration books_ 


1394.8214 

1394.8210 

1394.8218(b) 

1394.7757 

1394.7753 

1394.7851(c) 

1394.8156(a) 

1394.8155 


1394.7551 (a) (26) 


1394.8158(b) (2) 
1394.7551(a) (12) 

1394.7904(c) 

1394.8216 

1394.8202 

1394.8203 
1394.7706(a) 


1394.7851 (b)l(iii) 


1934.7751(a) (5) 


1394.7703(b)(1) 

1394.7706 (r) 
1394.7708(a) (3) (4) 

1394.7706(o) (1) 
1394.7706(o) (2) 


1394.7756 

1394.7551 (a) (13) 
1394.7706(o) (3) 
1394.8227 
1394.7756 
1394.7807 






























89 


Intermediate Distributor_ 

Change of storage capacity_»___ 

Definition of___ 

Delivery of certificate of registration upon becoming 

Licensed Distributor. ____ 

Delivery of certificate of registration upon cessation of 

business___* A __ 

Export of gasoline by..... 

Licensed as Licensed Distributor........... 

Records to be kept by_ 

Replenishment of losses___......_ 

Retention of inventory coupons by__._ 

Transfer of gasoline_....... 


Interne, preferred mileage for__....__ 

Inventory coupon: 

Definition of_ 

For change of storage capacity___ 

For emergency transfer__.......... 

For new or re-opened place of business__ 

For loss of gasoline_ 

Issuance of_ 

Issued in exchange for expired coupons_ 

Restriction on use of____ 

Irrigation system, travel to, preferred mileage for_... 

Issuance of Gasoline Rations, General Provisions_ 

Issuing Board, definition of_ 

J 

Jitney (see definition of Commercial Motor Vehicle, 
Passenger Automobile) Entitled to Transport Ration.. 
Jurisdiction (See Board and Rations.) 

K 

Kerosene (see definition of Gasoline)__ 

L 

Labor agent: 

Maintenance of peaceful industrial relations, travel for as 

preferred mileage-- 

Recruiting or training labor, travel for as preferred 

mileage_ 

Labor organization, transportation of farm workers, fish¬ 
ermen, etc., as basis for preferred mileage- 

Late applications for Basic Rations_ 

Law Enforcement Agencies. (See U. S. Law Enforcement 
Agencies.) 

Lease, delivery of vehicle upon, Special ration for- 

Legislators, State or Federal, travel by as preferred mile¬ 
age----- 

License plates. (See Motor Vehicle Dealer; Registration 

cards.) 


1394.8201 
1394.8226 
1394.7551 (a) (14) 

1394.8225 

1394.8221 

1394.8155 

1394.8225 
1394.8217 
1394.8216 
1394.8206 

1394.8207, 1394.8208, 
1394.8151, 1394.8152, 
and 1394.8210 
1394.7706 (i) 

1394.7551 (a) (15) 

1394.8226 
1394.8156(c) 
1394.8220 
1394.8216 

1394.8205 
1394.8215(c) 

1394.8206 
1394.7706(0) (2) 
1394.8001-1394.8012 
1394.7551 (a) (16) 


1394.7801 


1394.7551 (a) (12) 


1394.7706(p) 

1394.7706(p) 

1394.7706(n) 

1394.7653(d) 


1394.7851 (b) (1) (iv) 
1394.7706(a) (3) 
































90 


Licensed Distributor: 

Acquisition of place of business of.. 

Definition of_ 

Inventory by_ 

New license_ 

Reconciliation statement by_ 

Registration as dealer or intermediate distributor__ 

Registration by_ 

Report by_ 

Revocation of license-- 

Segregation of coupons by_ 

Surrender of license upon cessation of business_ 

Transfer of gasoline_ 

Limitation area: 

Definition of_ 

Export of gasoline within or without, replenishment for_ 
Lost book or coupons: 

Application for replacement_ 

Disposition of_ 

Recovery of__ 

M 

Machinery, Non-highway ration for_ 

Machinery or equipment mounted on commercial motor 

vehicle_ 

Mail, transportation of, preferred mileage for_ 

Maintenance men, installation, maintenance or repair, 

preferred mileage for_ 

Management agent. (See Labor agent.) 

Manufacture of vehicle, Special ration for manufacture or 

testing purposes_ 

Marine Corps: 

Consumption of gasoline by_ 

Issuance of ration books by OP A_ 

Quantity of gasoline acquired by_ 

Use of Acknowledgment of Delivery_ 

Marine workers, transportation of, as basis for preferred 

mileage_:_*._!_ 

Maritime Commission: 

Consumption of gasoline by_ 

Quantity of gasoline acquired by___ 

Use of Acknowledgment of Delivery_ 

Market, transportation between farm and market, pre¬ 
ferred mileage for_ 

Medical attention, Special ration for_ 

Medical student, preferred mileage for_ 

Messenger service, preferred mileage for_ 

Midwife, preferred mileage for_ 

Mileage: 

Allowance of occupational_ 

Limitation upon passenger automobile_ 


1394.8222 

1394.7551 (a) (17) 

1394.8218(c) 

1394.8225 

1394.8218(b) 

1394.8224 

1394.8201(c) 

1394.8218 

1394.8224 

1394.8214 

1394.8224 

1394.8207, 8208,8151, 
8152 and 8210 

1394.7551 (a) (18) 
1394.8155(c) 

1394.8007 

1394.8008 
1394.8007(d) 


1394.7901 

1394.7806 

1394.7706(d) 

1394.7706(q) 


1394.7851(b) (2) (i) 

1394.8167(b) 
1394.7951(a) . 

1394.7502(a) 
1394.7952 

1394.7706(n) 

1394.8167(b) 

1394.7502(a) 

1394.7952 

1394.7706(m) 
1394.7851 (b) (1) (i) 
1394.7706(i) 
1394.7706(a) 
1394.7706(g) 

1394.7704 

1394.8170 






































91 


M ilenge—Continued. 

Occupational. (See Occupational mileage.) 

Preferred. (See Preferred mileage.) 

Military establishments, travel to as basis for preferred 

mileage_______ 

Military forces: 

Gasoline required by___ 

Of the United States, Transport rations for_ 

Preferred mileage for_ 

Use of Acknowledgment of Delivery_ 

Minister, preferred mileage for_ 

Motorboat: 

Demonstration of, Special ration for_ 

Jurisdiction of Boards over_ 

Non-highway rations for___ 

Restriction on non-occupational use in limitation area_. 

Special rations for_ _ 

Motorcycle: 

Basic ration for_ 

Definition of_ 

Delivery or messenger service, preferred mileage for_ 

Driving miles per gallon__ 

Fleet. (See Fleet.) 

Manufacture or testing, Special ration for_ 

Official and Fleet rations for___ 


Preferred mileage for_ 

Special rations for_ 

Supplemental rations for 


Motorcycle tires, definition of_ 

Motor Fuel Tax Administration. (See Statement Fuel 
Tax Administration.) 

Motor vehicle: 

Available for public rental, definition of- 

Bulk purchase for_ 

Change in ownership, use of ration book not authorized __ 
Commercial. (See Commercial Motor Vehicle.) 

Definition of-^- 

Persons selling repossessed. (See definition of Motor 
Vehicle Dealer). 

Registered, application to Board other than one of 

normal jurisdiction- 

Registered, definition of- 

Registration, change in number, submission of ration 

book and Tire Inspection Record to Board- 

Registration card, notation on- 

Rental agency, definition of- 


1394.7706(o) (1) 

1394.7502(a) 

1394.7802 

1394.7706(r) 

1394.7952 

1394.7706(k) 

1394.7851(b)(3) 

1394.7602 

1394.7904 

1394.7904(b) 

1394.7851(b)(1) 

1394.7651 
1394.7551(a) (19) 
1394.7706(s) 
1394.7705(c), 
1394.7755(c). 

1394.7851(b) (2) (i) 
1394.7751(a), 
1394.7752(a) 
Table III & IV 
1394.7706 
1394.7851(b) 
1394.7701(a) (2), 
1394.7703, 
1394.7705(a)(2) 
Table I & II 
1394.7551 (a) (20) 


1394.7551(a) (43) 

1394.8006 

1394.8005(c) 

1394.7551(a) (21) 


1394.7602 
1394.7551(a) (35) 

1394.8005 
1394. 8003 
1394.7651(a) (23) 





























92 


Motor vehicle—Continued. 

Sale of repossessed. (See Motor Vehicle Dealer.) 

Speed limitation on____ 

Motor Vehicle Dealer: 

Definition of_ 

Ration for vehicles operated on Dealer Plates- 

Mutilation of coupon books or certificates_ 

N 

Naphtha. (See definition of Gasoline)_ 

Naval establishments or facilities, travel to, preferred mile¬ 
age for_ 

Naval forces, Transport rations for_ 

Navy: 

Consumption of gasoline by_ 

Issuance of ration books to by OPA_ 

Quantity of gasoline acquired by_ 

Use of Acknowledgment of Delivery_ 

Newspapers, delivery of, preferred mileage for_ 

Newsreels, non-portable equipment, preferred mileage for_ 

Non-gainful occupation, Supplemental rations for_ 

Non-Highway ration_ 

Application for_ 

Cancellation of excess coupons by Board_ 

For gasoline engines_ 

Issuance of_ 

Jurisdiction_ 

Non-occupational purposes_ 

Restrictions on in limitation area_ 

Period of validity_ 

Persons entitled to_ 

Restrictions on use of_ 

Non-Highway ration book_ 

Bulk transfer in exchange for coupon_ 

Notation on_ 

Value of coupons_ 

Non-Highway use: 

Bulk purchase for__ 

Definition of_ 

Non-portable equipment, transportation of, preferred 

mileage for_ 

Notice to Board upon change of occupation_ 

Notice of hearing to suspend or revoke ration_ 

Nurse, preferred mileage for_ 

Occupation: ^ 

Change of, effect upon ration_ 

Definition of_ 

Driving in course of_ 

Non-gainful, Supplemental ration for_ 

Occupational Mileage: 

Allowance of_ 

Definition of_ 


1394. 8171 

1394.7551(a) (22) 

1394.7757 

1394.8178 


1394.7551 (a) (12) 

1394.7706(o) (1) 
1394.7802 

1394.8167(b) 

1394.7951(a) 

1394.7502(a) 

1394.7952 

1394.7706(e) 

1394.7706(f) 

1394.7704(a) (4) 

1394.7901-1394.7904 

1394.7903 
1394.7904(a) 
1394.7904(c) 

1394.7904 
1394.7602(3) 
1394.7904 
1394.7904(b) (2) 
1394.7901 

1394.7901 

1394.8161 

1394.7902 
1394.8153(b) 
1394.8004 
1394.7902 

1394.8006 
1394.7551(a) (251 

1394.7706(f) 

1394.8162 
1394.8109(b) (2) 
1394.7706U) 


1394.8162 
1394.7551 (a) (26) 
1394.7703(b) 
1394.7704(a) (4) 

1394.7704, 1394.7754 
1394.7751(a) (27) 










































93 


Occupational Mileage—Continued. 

Determination of by Board_ 1394.7794(b) 

For unregistered passenger automobile or motorcycle.— 1394.7757 

Official and Fleet ration_ __ 1394.7754(a) 

ODT: 

Compliance with orders of_ 1394.7805(e), 

1394.8179 

Revocation of ration upon violation of order by_ 1394.8104(b) 

Violation of order of_ 1394.7852(c) 

Officer of Government. (See Government.) 

Official, definition of___ 1394.7751(a) (28) 

Official and Fleet rations. 1394.7751, 1394.7757 

Allowance of mileage___ 1394.7754 

Applications for_ 1394.7753 

Bulk purchase for_ 1394.8006 

Expiration of_ 1394.7755(a)(2) 

Interchangeable books for_ 1394.7756 

Issuance of_ 1394.7755 

Persons entitled to_ 1394.7752(a) 

Presentation of registration cards for_ 1394.8002(a) 

Presentation of Tire Inspection Record_ 1394.8010 

Restrictions on use of_ 1394.8161 

Validity of. 1394.7751(b) 

Official business, travel from home as_ 1394.7706(a)(2) 

Official functions, travel by legislators__ 1394.7706(a) (3) (iii) 

OPA: 

Compliance with orders of_ 1394.7805(e) 

Issuance of ration books by_ 1394.7951(a) 

Order of revocation. (See Suspension and Revocation of 
Rations.) 

Organized transportation plan, definition of- 1394.7551(a) (29) 

Osteopath, preferred mileage for—„- 1394.7706(g) 

Outboard motor. (See Motorboat.) 

Outstanding rations. (See Ration Order No. 5C)- 1394.7503 

Ownership: 

Change in: 

Expiration of ration_ 1394.8103 

Use of ration book after, not authorized- 1394.8005(c) 


P 

Passenger automobiles: 

Definition of_ 1394.7551(a) (30) 

Fleet. (See Fleet.) 

Official. (See Official.) 

Presumption as to mileage per gallon of gasoline- 1394.7705(c), 

1394.7755(c) 

Ration for in course of manufacture or testing- 1394.7851(b)(2) 

Basic. (See Basic ration.) 

Special ration for_ 1394.7851(b)(1) 

Supplemental rations for- 1394.7702, 

1394.7705(a)(1) 

Passenger-type tires. (See Tires.) 

Person, definition of_ 1394.7551 (a) (32) 



































94 


Persons selling repossessed motor vehicles. (See defini¬ 
tion of Motor Vehicle Dealer.) 

Personnel. (See Administration, Personnel and Juris¬ 
diction.) 

Personnel, bias_ 

Petition for reconsideration of suspension or cancellation 

of rations_ 

Physician, preferred mileage for_ 

Place of business. (See Transfer applied to place of 
business.) 

Acquisition of, from licensed distributor_ 

Registration of_ 

Registration of new or re-opened_ 

Place of storage, ration to move boat or vehicle to_ 

Places of study, transportation to_ 

Poll watchers. (See Elections, transportation for voting.) 

Post of duty, transportation to__ 

Power plant, establishments of, travel to_ 

Practitioner, religious, preferred mileage for_ 

Preferred mileage_ 

Principal occupation, driving in course of_ 

Private nurse. (See Nurse.) 

Procedural Regulation No. 9, appeals in accordance with. 

Prohibited acts_ 

Change of occupation_ 

Consumption of gasoline, when_ 

Discrimination by dealers and distributors_ 

Display of sticker_ 

Limitation of speed_ 

Mileage limitation_ 

Mutilation and Defacement_-_ 

Racing or exhibition purposes__ 

Restrictions on blending_ 

Restrictions on use_ 

Sightseeing purposes_ 

Tires unlawfully acquired_ 

Transfers from fuel tank to fuel tank_ 

Use in violation of Ration Order No. 1A__ 

Prohibitions. (See Enforcement and Prohibitions.) 

Public health nurse. (See Nurse.) 

Public rental: 

Motor vehicle available for. (See definition of Com¬ 
mercial Motor Vehicle and Passenger automobile, 
Vehicle available for Public Rental.) 

Pupils, transportation of_ 

R 

Racing or exhibition purposes, restrictions on_ 

Radio system. (See Communication system.) 

Railroad commutation service, use of_ 

Ration book: Definition of_ 


1394.7601(c) 

1394.8109(d) 

1394.7706(g) 


1394.8222 
1394.8201 
1394.8220 
1394.7851 (b)(1) (v) 
1394.7706(c) 

1394.7706 (r) 
1394.7706(o) (2) 
1394.7706(1) 
1394.7706 
1394.7703(b) (2) 

1394.8252 

1394.8161-1394.8179 

1394.8162 

1394.8167 

1394.8169 

1394.8165 
1394.8171 

1394.8170 
1394.8178 

1394.8163 

1394.8166 
1394.8161 

1394.8164 
1394.8174 

1394.8168 
1394.8173 


1394.7706(c) 


1394.8163 

1394.7704(c) 
1394.7551(a) (34) 


































95 


Ration Order No. 1A: 

Tires unlawfully acquired under_ 

Use in violation of___ 

Violation of_ 

Ration Order No. 5A: 

Rations issued under, expiration of_ 

Rations issued under, renewal of_ 

Rations issued under, validity of_ 

Re-registration of facilities under_ 

Ration Order No. 5C: 

Attempts to violate_ 

Effect on outstanding rations_ 

Effective dates of___ 

Penalty for violating provisions_ 

Scope of___ 

Scope of restrictions_ 

Suspension order for violating___ 

Territorial limitations___ 

Ration: 

Appeal for denial of_ 

Appeal from revocation, cancellation or suspension of_ 

Application for, action by Board_ 

Application for further, in special cases_«,_ 

Application for restoration of revoked__ 

Application upon denial or incorrect issuance of by 

Registrar_ 

Basic. (See Basic ration.)_„_ 

Bulk, issuance of___ 

Definition of_ 

Denial of_ 

Expiration and revocation of_ 

Expiration of. (See different classes of rations.) 
Expiration upon cessation of use or change in owner¬ 
ship_ 

Expiration upon revocation of Certificate of War 

Necessity_ 

Fleet: 

Application for___ 

Bulk purchase for_ 

Interchangeable ration books- 

Issuance of_ 

Jurisdiction of Boards over- 

Limitation upon further___ 

Presentation of registration cards for_ 

Presentation of Tire Inspection Record- 

Restrictions on use of- 

For Vehicles operated on Dealer Plates_ 

Further: 

Allowance for Transport ration- 

Application for_ 

General provisions- 

Issuance of_ 

Limitation upon_ 

Specia 1 cases._ 


1394.8174 

1394.8173 

1394.7504 

1394.7503 
1394;7503 (a) 
1394.7503(a) 
1394.8201(d) 

1394.8176 

1394.7503 

1394.8351 

1394.8301(b) 

1394.7501-7504 

1394.7502 

1394.8302 

1394.7601 

1394.8252 

1394.8252 

1394.7603 

1394.8053 

1394.8107 

1394.8251 

1394.7651-7653 

1394.8006 

1394.7551(a) (33) 

1394.8011 

1394.8101-8110 


1394.8103 

1394.8103 (c) 

1394.7753 

1394.8006(b) 

1394.7756 
1394.7755 
1394.7602 
1394.8052(d) 
1394.8002(a) 
1394.8010 
1394.8161 

1394.7757 

1394.8054(c) 

1394.8052 

1394.8054 

13G4.S052 

1394.8052(d) 

1394. S053 













































96 


Ration—Continued. 

General provisions for issuance of_ 

Issuance of ration in lieu of revoked ration_ 

Limitations upon. (See different classes of rations.) 

Non-Highway_ 

Application for_ 

Destruction of excess coupons_ 

For gasoline engines___ 

For motorboats_ 

For non-occupational uses_ 

Issuance of_ 

Jurisdiction of Boards over_ 

Period of validity_ 

Persons entitled to__ 

Restrictions on use of_ 

Not transferable_ 

Official_____ 

Allowance of mileage_ 

Bulk purchase for_ 

Identification of_ 

Issuance of___ 

Limitation upon further_ 

Persons entitled to_ 

Presentation of registration cards for_ 

Presentation of Tire Inspection Certificate_ 

Validity of__ 

Restrictions on use of_ 

Other than Basic, jurisdiction_ 

Redetermination of expiration date_ 

Re-examination of upon change of occupation_ 

Renewal of_ 

Application for_ 

During revocation order___ 

General provisions_ 

How made_ 

Notation on book_ 

Renewed: 

Date of validity_ 

When usable_ 

Restoration of revoked_ 

Revocation of: 

Order of Board__ 

Upon change of occupation__ 

Upon violation of order of ODT_ 

Service: 

Expiration of___ 

Issued under Ration Order No. 5A. (See Ration 
Order No. 5A.) 

Special_ 

Application for_ 

Form and issuance of_ 

Period of validity_ 

Proof of need for_ 


1394.8001-8012 

1394.8104(d) 

1394.7901-7904 

1394.7903 
1394.7904(a) 
1394.7904(c) 
1394.7904(b) 
1394.7904(b) 

1394.7904 
1394.7602(3) 
1394.7901 
1394.7901 
1394.8161 
1394.8177 
1394.7751 

1394.7754 
1394.8006 
1394.7756 

1394.7755 
1394.8052(d) 
1394.7752(a) 
1394.8002 
1394.8010 
1394.7751(b) 

1394.8161 
1394.7602 
1394.8054(b) 

1394.8162 
1394.8051 
1394.8051(a) 
1394.8016 
1394.8054 
1394.8051(b) 
1394.8051(c) 

1394.8051(c) 

1394.8051(d) 

1394.8107 

1394.8105(a) 

1394.8162 

1394.8104(b) 

1394.7503(b) 


1394.7851-7852 
1394.7851(a), (c) 
1394.7852 
1394.7851(a) 
1394.7852(a) 
















































97 


Ration—Continued. 

Special—Cont i lined. 

Renewal of_ 

Violation of ODT orders___ 

Supplemental__ 

Application for_ 

Bulk purchase for_ 

Certification of tires_ 

Class D, further rations for_ 

For non-gainful occupation_ 

For occupational mileage_ 

For ride-sharing arrangement_ 

Issuance of___ 

Mileage allowed_____ 

Occupational driving_ 

Presentation of Tire Inspection Certificate_ 

Restrictions on use of_ 

Separate applications for_ 

Valid period_ 

Surrender of coupons and books upon expiration__ 

Surrender of upon revocation_ 

Suspension or revocation of. (See Suspension and Rev¬ 
ocation of Rations.) 

Transport_ 

Application for__ 

Expiration of_ 

For equipment mounted on commercial motor vehicle- 

issuance of_ 

Limitation upon further_ 

Period of validity_ 

Persons entitled to_ 

Presentation of Inspection Certificate or Record_ 

Renewal of_ 

Restrictions on use of_ 

Reconciliation form, forwarding of by State Motor Fuel 

Tax Administration_ 

Reconciliation statement by Licensed Distributor- 

Records and Audits_ 

Records and facilities, inspection of- 

Records to be kept by Dealers and Intermediate Distribu¬ 
tors_ 

Red Cross, preferred mileage for_ 

Re-examination of ration upon change of occupation- 

Regional Administrator, authority to suspend and revoke 

rations__ 

Registered: 

Definition of_ 

Motor vehicle, certification in absence of registration 

card_ 

Registrars: 

Adjustments of errors made by-- 

Issuance of Basic rations by- 

Administration of Ration Order No 5C-- 


1394.8051 

1394.7852(c) 

1394.7701-7706 

1394.7703 

1394.8006 

1394.7705(d) 

1394.8053(b)(2) 

1394.7704(a) (4) 

1394.7703(b) 

1394.7703(c) 

1394.7705 

1394.7704(b) 

1394.7701(c) 

1394.8010 

1394.8161 

1394.7703(c) 

1394.7701(b) 

1394.8103(b) 

1394.8104(d) 


1394.7801-7807 

1394.7804 
1394.8102 
1394.7806 

1394.7805 
1394.8052(d) 
1394.7805(a) 
1394.7802 
1394.8010 
1394.8051(b) 

1394.8161 

1394.8219 

1394.8218(b) 

1394.8217-8226 

1394.8227 

1394.8217 

1394.7706(a) 

1394.8162 

1394.8109 

1394.7551(a) (85) 

1394.8002(b) 

1394.8251 

1394.7602(a) 

1394.7601(b) 












































98 


Registration cards: 

Certification in absence of_ 

Notation on_ 

Presentation of__ 

Registration certificates, issuance of_ 

Registration: 

Of dealer’s or intermediate distributor’s place of busi¬ 
ness upon acquisition_ 

Of inventory and capacity___ 

Of new or re-opened place of business_ 

Of place of business_ 

Of place of business required from licensed distributor... 

Religious practitioner, preferred mileage for_ 

Renewal: 

And issuance of further rations_ 

Certificates, notations on_ 

Of rations. (See Rations.) 

Renewed ration. (See Rations.) 

Rental agencies, motor vehicles, definition_ 

Repair, preferred mileage for_ 

Replenishment: 

And Audit_ 

For export gasoline_ 

For loss through evaporation, handling, etc_ 

Report by Licensed Distributors_ 

Report, change of occupation, to Board_ 

Repossessed motor vehicles. (See Motor Vehicle Dealer.) 

Repossession, Special ration for_ 

Re-registration of facilities registered pursuant to Ration 

Order No. 5A_ 

Residence: 

Change of, Special ration for___ 

Return of vehicle or boat_ 

Restrictions on transfers between dealers and distributors. 

Review of order of revocation_ 

Revocation: 

Of Certificates of War Necessity, expiration of rations._ 
Of rations. (See Suspension and Revocation of Rations.) 

Of ration upon change of occupation_ 

Revoked ration, issuance of different class or quantity_ 

Ride-sharing arrangement_ 

Application for supplemental rations_ 

For Official or Fleet ration_ 


■ S 

Sanitation system, establishment of, travel to_ 

Sales establishment, ration to move boat or vehicle to_ 

School employees, transportation of_ 

School officials, administration of Ration Order No. 5C_ 

School officials, travel by__ 

School site administrators, administration of Ration 

Order No. 5C_ 

School teachers, transportation of_ 


1394.8002(b) 
1394.8003, 1394.8108 
1394.8002, 1394.8108 
1394.8204 


1394.8223 

1394.8201 

1394.8220 

1394.8201-8216 

1394.8222 

1394.7706(1) 

1394.8051, 1394.8052 
1394.8051(b) 


1394.7551(a) (23) 
1394.7706(q) 

1394.8201-8216 

1394.8155(c) 

1394.8216 

1394.8218 

1394.8162 

1394.7851 (b) (1) (iii) 

1394.8201(d) 

1394.7851 (b)(1) (ii) 
1394.7851 (b)(1) (ii) 
1394.8207-8216 
1394.8105(b) 

1394.8103(c) 

1394.8162 

1394.8104(d) 

1394.7704(a)(1) 

1394.7703(c) 

1394.7754(a)(2) 


1394.7706(o) (2) 
1394.7851 (b)(1) (v) 
1394.7706(c) 
1394.7601(b) 
1394.7706(b) 

1394.7601(b) 

1394.7706(c) 


































99 


School teachers, travel by_ 

Scientific expedition, Special ration for_ 

Scope of Order. (See Ration Order No. 5C.) 

Scope of Restrictions. (See Ration Order No. 5C.) 

Scrap dealers, preferred mileage for_ 

Scrap materials, locating and accumulating. (See Scrap 
dealers.) 

Seamen, transportation of_ 

Seizure, Special rations for moving vehicle upon_ 

Selective Service System, travel by member of_ 

Semi-trailer. (See Definition of Commercial Vehicle.) 
Service rations. (See Rations.) 

Shipper’s export declaration, submission of_ 

Shortage, certification of_ 

Single Unit Certificate: 

Accompanying application for Transport ration_ 

Presentation by applicant for Transport ration_ 

Skilled services, preferred mileage for_ 

Special cases, further rations for. (See Rations, further.) 
Special rations. (See Rations.) 

Speed limit: 

Denial of rations for violation of_ 

Effect of violation of_'_ 

State Director: 

Applications forwarded to_ 

Authority to suspend and revoke rations_ 

Review of revocation_ 

State Military Forces organized pursuant to Section 61 of 
National Defense Act. (See Military Forces.) 

State Motor Fuel Tax Administration: 

Audit by_ 

Definition of_ 

Report of errors and irregularities_ 

Station wagon. (See Definition of Commercial Motor 
Vehicle, Passenger automobile.) 

Sticker: 

Display upon vehicle_ 

Required for transfer to consumer_ 

Stolen book or coupons, recovery of_ 

Storage, Special ration to move vehicle for- 

Storage capacity: 

Change of_ 

What constitutes_ 

Storage tank, bulk purchase for- 

Stranded vehicle, transfer to- 

Students, transportation of, preferred mileage for- 

Suburban carry-alls. (See Definitions of Commerical 
Motor Vehicle and Passenger automobile.) 

Subway, use of for purpose for which mileage claimed- 

Summary of coupons and other evidences. (See cou¬ 
pons.) 

Superintendents of schools, administration of Ration 
Order No. 6C_.-.— 


* 


1394.7706(b) 
1304.7851(b) (2) (il) 


1394.7706 (t) 


1394.7706(n) 
1394.7851 (b)(1) (iii) 
1394.7706(a) (4) 


1394.8155(b) 

1394.8216 

1394.7804(b) 

1394.7895(a) 

1394.7700(q) 


1394.8011 

1394.8104(c) 

1394.7604(c) 

1394.8109 

1394.8105 


1394.8219 
1394.7551(a) (39) 
1394.8219 


1394.8165 
1394.8153(a) (2) 
1394.8007(d) 
1394.7851 (b)(1) (iii) 

1394.8226 
1394.8203 
1394.8006 
1394.8153(a) (2) 
1394.7706(c) 


1394.7704(c) 


1394.7601(b) 































100 


Supplemental rations. (See Rations.) 

Supplies, Special ration for_ 1394.7851(b) (1) (i) 

Surgeon, preferred mileage for_ 1394.7706(g) 

Surrender: 

Of book or coupon, denial of ration upon refusal to_ 1394.8011 

Of books or coupons, upon expiration of rations_ 1394.8103(b) 

Of coupons. (See Coupons.) 

Of lost coupon book_ 1394.8008 

Of original book or coupons_ 1394.8007(d) 

Of ration upon revocation____ 1394.8104(d) 

Suspension and Revocation of rations: 

Affirmance or modification of revocation order_ 1394.8105 

After hearing,-suspension of revocation order--— 1394.8105(c) 

Appeal from order of revocation or suspension of 

rations_ 1394.8105(d) 

Authority of District Manager, Regional Administra¬ 
tor and State Director_ 1394.8109 

- By Board, for ration issued to person not entitled 

thereto_____ 1394.8104(d) 

Conduct of hearing_ 1394.8109(b) 

Grounds for suspension, cancellation or revocation of 

rations_ 1394.8109(a) 

Hearing for_ 1394.8105(a) 

Hearing upon review, how conducted_ 1394.8105(b) 

Notice of hearing__ 1394.8105(a), 1394.8109(b)(1) 

Petition for reconsideration of_ 1394.8109(d) 

Power of OPA to suspend, cancel and revoke_ 1394.8104(a) 

Presentation of registration card upon revocation of 

rations_ 1394.8108 

Renewal of ration after revocation order_ 1394.8107 

Review of action of Board by District Manager or State 

Director___ 1394.8105(b) 

Revocation order_ 1394.8105(a) 

Surrender of coupons or coupon books upon revocation 

of ration_ 1394.8104(d) 

Upon recommendation by ODT_ 1394.8104(b) 

Upon violation of speed limit.. 1391.8104(c) 

Suspension order___ 1394.8302 


T 

Taxicab. (See Definitions of Commercial motor vehicle.) 


Teachers, transportation of, preferred mileage for_ 1394.7706(c) 

Technician, travel by, preferred mileage for_ 1394.7706(o) 

Telegraph system. (See Communication system.) 

Telegrams, preferred mileage for delivery of_ 1394.7706(s) 

Telephone system. (See Communication system.) 

Territorial limitations. (See Ration Order No. 5C.) 

Testing vehicle, Special ration for_ 1394.7851(b)(2)(i), (iv) 

Therapeutic treatment, Special ration for_ 1394.7851(b) (1) (i) 

Tire Inspection Records: 

Application for in case of Basic ration_ 1394.7653(c) 

Application for in case of Fleet or Official vehicle_ 1394.7753 

Issuance of____ 1394.8009 

Presentation of_ 1394.8010 


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101 


Tire Inspection required currently_ 1394.8172 

Tires: 

Abuse or neglect of, prohibition of.. 1394.8175 

Mounted: Definition of. 1394.7551(a) (24) 

Passenger-type: 

Certification as to, for issuance of Basic ration_ 1394.7653(e) 

Certification by owner of Fleet vehicle-..___ 1394.7753 

Certification as to, for Vehicles operated on Dealer 

Plates- 1394.7757 

Certification upon application for Tire Inspection 

Record.... 1394.8009(b) 

Declaration of_ 1394.8172 

Definition of___ . . 1394.7551(a)(31) 

Scrap, definition of_... 1394.7551(a) (36) 

Surrender of excess_ 1394.8172 

Unlawfully acquired_ 1394.8174 

Transfer: 

Between dealers and distributors, limitations upon_ 1394.8207 

By consumers, re-issuance of ration__ 1394.8210(b) 

By operation of law_ 1394.8158 

Bulk, definition of. 1394.7551(a)(3) 

Definition of_____ 1394.7551(a) (40) (41) 

Detaching of coupons upon___ 1394.8153(a)(1) 

Emergency. (See Emergency transfers.) 

For export__ 1394.8155 

•From fuel tank to fuel tank_ 1394.8168 

In exchange for Acknowledgment of Delivery_ 1394.8154 

In exchange for Bulk coupons.,_ 1394.8153(c) 

In exchange for Non-highway coupons_ 1394.8153(b) 

In exchange for Emergency Acknowledgment_ 1394.8154 

Of blended gasoline_____ 1394.8166 

Of consumer establishment to dealer or distributor_ 1394.8158(b) 

Of consumer establishment to person other than dealer 

or distributor_.— .- 1394.8158(b) 

Of dealer’s or intermediate distributor’s place of busi¬ 
ness__......_ 1394.8223 

Of expired coupons_ 1394.8215 

Of forged, altered or counterfeited coupons_ 1394.8178(c) 

Of rations_ 1394.8177 

Of rations by public officials- 1394.8177(e) 

Of vehicle, boat or equipment, transfer of gasoline in fuel 

supply tank___ 1394.8157 

Of vehicle, boat or equipment, expiration of rations- 1394.8103(a) 

Or return of gasoline by consumer_ 1394.8210(b) 

Prohibition for violating Ration Order No. 5C_ -- 1394.8302 

Restrictions on_ 1394.8151-8160, 8207 

To consumer, by dealer or distributor- 1394.8152 

To consumer in exchange for coupons- 1394.8153 

To consumer, restriction on- 1394.8151 

To stranded vehicle- 1394.8153(a)(2) 

Upstream_ 1394.8210 

Transferee of vehicle, boat or equipment, application for 

ration by_ 1394.8103(a) 













































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Transmission facilities, Organized Transportation Plan— 
Transport rations. (See Rations.) 

U 

Unit, definition of_ 

United States Law Enforcement Agencies, issuance of 

ration books to by Office of Price Administration- 

United States Military forces. (See Military Forces.) 
Upstream transfers. (See Transfers.) 

Use: 

Cessation of___ 

Denial of rations for improper use__ 

In violation of Ration Order No. 1A_ 

Of Acknowledgments of Delivery. (See Acknowledg¬ 
ments of Delivery.) 

Of book or coupon after issuance of duplicate_ 

Of export gasoline_ 

Of gasoline,"prohibited for violating Ration Order No. 5C 

Of inventory coupon, restriction on_ 

Of rations without change in ownership_ 

Restriction on_ 

Use Tax Stamp: 

Notation of serial number_ 

(See Federal Use Tax Stamps.) 

V 

Vehicle: 

Application for ration by transferee of_ 

Available for public rental, definition of_ 

Display of sticker upon_ 

Moving to sales establishment or place of storage_ 

Non-highway, jurisdiction of Boards over_ 

Operated on Dealer Plates, issuance of rations for_ 

Ration for upon seizure or repossession_ 

Return of, Special ration for_ 

Special ration to deliver_ 

Transfer of_ 

Veterinary, preferred mileage for_ 

Violation: 

Attempts to violate Ration Order No. 5C_ 

Of order of Office of Defense Transportation, revocation 

of ration for_ 

Of Ration Order No. 1A_ 

Of Ration Order No. 5C, penalty for_ 

Of speed limit, effect of_ 

Voting. (See Elections.) 

W 

War Shipping Administration: 

Consumption of gasoline by_-_-^_^__ 

Quantity of gasoline acquired by.__ 

Use of Acknowledgments of Delivery_ 

Water works, establishments of, travel to_ 

Workers, travel by, as preferred mileage_____ 


1394.7704(a) (3) 


1394.7551(a) (42) 
1394.7951(a) 


1394.8103 

1394.8011 

1394.8173 


1394.8007(d) 

1394.8155(d) 

1394.8302 

1394.8206 

1394.8177(d) 

1394.8161 

1394.8004(c), 7757(b) 


1394.8103(a) 
1394.7551(a) (43) 
1394.8153(a)(2) 
1394.7851(b) (l)(v) 
1394.7602(3) (i) 
1394.7757 
1394.7851(b)(1) (iii) 
1394.7851 (b)(1) (ii) 
1394.7851 (b)(1) (iv) 
1394.8103(a), 8157 
1394.7706(h) 

1394.8176 

1394.8104(b) 
1394.8173 
1394.8301(b) 
1394.8104(c), 8011 


1394.8167(b) 
1394.7502(a) 
1394.7952(a) 
1394.7706(0) (2) 
1394.7706(0) 


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